In the early 2010s, the soldiers’ home organization took a significant turn when the closure of garrisons caused the closure of five soldiers’ homes. For the first time in the organization’s history, the majority of local soldiers’ home associations operated without their own soldiers’ home and conscripts. The Soldiers’ Home Association supported local associations that were forced to close the doors of their homes and lay off their staff. Support was also provided to redundant workers.

When Satu Mustalahti chaired the association from 2007 to 2015, the aim was to expand the range of indicators that could be used to monitor the success of the association’s operations in a versatile manner. In addition, the association’s board shared more responsibility for the preparation than before. The members of the Board of Directors began to prepare matters related to their area of responsibility with the working group for consideration by the Board. Thanks to this reform, matters were well prepared and matters could be concluded more quickly. The assigned area of responsibility made the Board members even more committed to Board work.

The operations and preparation of matters at the office of the Soldiers’ Home Association also became smoother with the introduction of many electronic tools e.g. a system for various registrations and orders.

Under the leadership of Kirsi Patrikainen, who has served as chair since 2016, the planning of the Soldiers’ Home Association’s emergency training programme was completed together with The National Defence Training Association of Finland. The systematic, upward trend training programmes significantly promoted the association’s emergency operations.

During the decade, the agreement with the Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Border Guard was renewed so that all agreements were updated and separate agreements and existing operating methods were combined into a single cooperation agreement.