Opinion|Reader’s opinion
There is no need to worry that the military and other authorities will not find a suitable position.
Klaus Krokfors was upset (HS Opinion 21.10.) after being released from the Defense Forces reserve after reaching 60 years of age.
For a few years, I worked in a headquarters where my task was to place reservists in the forces to be established. Already at that time, in the late 1980s, especially reserve officers and non-commissioned officers were interested in their positions. Since there is also an age requirement for those who are invested, it was embarrassing to announce that the investment has been cancelled. As a solution, we came up with informing the questioner that “your new position is in the commander’s reserve”. An alternative would have been to announce that “you belong to the uninvested reserve”.
During the State of Defense Act, every Finnish citizen in our country has a duty to defend the country. The obligation also applies to women. The law determines, for example, the rights of the police chief and military authorities to assign national defense tasks for a fixed period. In my opinion, the concern that the military and other authorities defined by law would not find a suitable task is unnecessary.
As the Commander of the Defense Forces, Timo Kivinen, has stated several times, our trained reserve is larger than the number of troops to be established. He has also stated that the Finnish Defense Forces needs a lot of people who know how to use digitalization.
Military national defense creates the basis for us to continue our lives in the midst of world crises, even if fear, despair and concern for our loved ones weigh on our minds. It is no exaggeration to say that we have been a nation of survivors for centuries. Each of us is an equal and equally valuable defender of our country, regardless of education. Attitude counts.
Esa Hyytinen
Well done
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