At the beginning of the 1990s, a new era arrived. The Soviet Union fell apart, the Cold War era ended, Finland became a member of the European Union. As a result of the organizational change in the Defence Forces, soldiers’ home work also faced new challenges as garrisons were disbanded.

In 1994, the Soldiers’ Home Association together with other female-dominated national defence organizations was invited to become members of the National Defence Training Association. Until 2008, male-dominated organizations had greater weight until a new act on voluntary national defence training came into force. This corrected the situation.

The Women’s  Preparedness Association was founded in 1997, and the Soldiers’ Home Association was one of the founding members. The Sisters of the Soldiers’ Home have played a strong role in this advocacy body for women’s voluntary work. The planning and implementation of course activities began with the National Defence Training Association acting as the practical organizer. An idea often brought up by the Women’s Preparedness Association has been to commit and reserve women for tasks in times of crisis.

During Kaija Vesala’s Presidency (1992-1997), the Soldiers’ Home Association standard was introduced in 1993, the Soldiers’ Home Flag in 1995, the Soldiers’ Home Merit Cross in 1996, and the Soldiers’ Home Association’s sister pennant. A written agreement was made with the Defence Command’s Maintenance Department on canteen services during crisis.

International cooperation had been limited during the Cold War. During the presidencies of Kaija Vesala and Eva Lindblad (1998-2003), cooperation was stimulated e.g. With the Swedish and Norwegian Lotta organizations and the Estonian Women’s Kodukaitse. Dozens of sisters from soldiers’ homes also took part in European ECHO activities in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.

In honour of the 75th anniversary of soldiers’ home work, the Finnish Soldiers’ Home Association organized a preparedness camp in the Lohtaja camp area in July 1993. The Lohtaja camp has been described as the first public opening towards crisis preparedness training for soldiers’ home work.