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110 kg (240 lb). Before applying for and attending the year-long
Special Forces Qualification Course, they often have served as a paratrooper or a combat diver during conscript service. Approximately 12 students are chosen for the course out of a 100 applicants after a four-day exam. All of
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The Utti Jaeger
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training. Those chosen for career tracts after the basic course serve at either Utti Jaeger
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consists of around 400 hired personnel and 220 conscripts according to sources from 2018. Its
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