@tijagi so it works like this, everyone starts with 2 months basic training, and during which you choose or they choose for you what you're gonna do next, one of those options is non-commissioned officer training, and I think just about less than 50% go there and end up doing one thing or another. then after some weeks in NCO training they pick a few people from the top and send them to reserve officer training (in my case it was the top 3 out of the 20 guys in my nco unit), where you get to learn to be a platoon leader instead of just a squad leader in the beautiful coastal city of Hamina. after both nco/officer training you get get to actually do your job as an nco/officer for the remaining 6 months out of the 12. this was a really good experience imo. only problem in my case was that something had been messed up and we only had 1 officer candidate (me) in charge of a 60 man platoon with only 6 squad leaders as a help, instead of the usual 2-4…