Finland is gearing up for war. Reservist told duty assignments now...

Many thanks to Potaasi for the link!

via yle.fi

A mail-out to 900,000 former conscripts in Finland began being publicised on Monday, with a TV announcement reminding reservists that "conscription is the cornerstone of Finland's defence capability". The defence minister denied that the move has any link to worsening relations with Russia.

Finland’s armed forces began broadcasting an announcement on Yle television from Monday, telling the nation’s reservists that “We want to have a word with you,” and reminding them that “conscription is the cornerstone of Finland’s defence capability.”
The ad accompanies a mass mail-out campaign, in which a letter will be sent to each of Finland’s 900,000 reservists next month, informing them which post they would be given in a crisis situation. The letter also asks them to send in up-to-date details of their whereabouts.
Earlier this month Defence Minister Carl Haglund denied that the campaign has anything to do with the country’s worsening relations with Russia, nor with the crisis in Ukraine.
“Many reservists are interested to know which role they would have, and they’re motivated to be a part of this country’s defence work. Therefore it’s good that we can give them regular information about what’s planned for them,” he said.

This is interesting (read it all here).

Finland is actually gearing up for war.  To put out public broadcasts and mailings to almost a million men....to have already planned where those men would muster in case of national emergency...to have a data base established to keep track of their current addresses, contact information etc....

For all the calm being shown by EU leaders for the news cameras, their actions are showing us something different.

They're serious and they're getting ready.