Dr. Jani Vaara presented at the NMRL on Monday, June 17. Dr. Vaara presented study findings from Finnish Defence Forces about soldiers` physical performance. In his talk he covered research findings concentrating on the effect of military field training and the effect of deployments on physical fitness, body composition and hormonal profile. In addition, he presented how physical fitness is individually changing during military service in Finland. Dr. Vaara is currently an adjunct professor at Finland's National Defence University in the Department of Leadership and Military Pedagogy.