1 Combat Engineer Regiment

1 Combat Engineer Regiment
1er Régiment du génie de combat (French)
Royal Canadian Engineers
Active1977–present
CountryCanada
BranchCanadian Army
TypeCombat engineers
Part of1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
Garrison/HQCFB Edmonton
Motto(s)Ubique
March"Wings"
EngagementsOperation Enduring Freedom
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Commanders
Commanding officerLCol Kurt Grimsrud
Regimental sergeant majorCWO M. Drolet
Insignia
NATO Map Symbol

1 Combat Engineer Regiment[note 1] (1 CER, French: 1er Régiment du génie de combat) is a Regular Force regiment of the Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE) commanded by a lieutenant-colonel. Its headquarters is in the Patton Building at CFB Edmonton (Steele Barracks), Alberta, and it is assigned to 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group.

History

1 CER was continually involved with rotations to Afghanistan as part of the ongoing War on Terror. Due to the regiment's special armoured engineer capability, every Canadian rotation since 2006 had a minimum of an armoured troop from 1 CER attached.

1 CER had six soldiers killed in Afghanistan.[1]

Organization

Sub-unit Size Composition
Regimental Headquarters 50 Command team (commanding officer, deputy commanding officer, regimental sergeant major, adjutant) headquarters troop (operations and training, signals, drivers, library, RSM assistant.)
11 Field Squadron 60 Squadron headquarters, field troops (stood down in 2016, stood up again in 2020)
12 Field Squadron 70 Squadron Headquarters, jump troop, field troop
13 C-IED Squadron 0 This squadron is not currently active. In past years[when?] it was organized as a field squadron, as an armoured engineer squadron, and as a counter-IED squadron.
17 Armoured Squadron 60 Squadron headquarters, armoured training cadre, armoured engineer troop
15 Combat Support Squadron 80 Squadron headquarters, heavy equipment troop, resource troop, construction troop, dive troop, explosive ordnance disposal
18 Administration Squadron 120 Squadron headquarters, orderly room, padre, maintenance troop, logistics troop, family support services

Armoured engineers

1 CER is different from other CERs as it holds the Canadian Army's armoured engineer capability. Formerly this was provided by the Badger Armoured Engineer Vehicle (AEV)[2] Since 2018 the Badger AEV has been replaced by a Leopard 2–based AEV[3] that is known in Canadian service as the AEV2 (still commonly called the Badger, or Badger 2).[4]

Order of precedence

Preceded by
First in precedence of Canadian Military Engineers
 1 Combat Engineer Regiment Succeeded by

References

Citations

  1. ^ Fallen Canadians, www.forces.gc.ca
  2. ^ "Badger Armoured Engineering Vehicle (AEV)". Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  3. ^ Lt Ken Jacobson (16 April 2018). "New Leopard 2 Armoured Engineer Vehicle is 'the natural evolution'". Canadian Army Today.
  4. ^ "Ex ASCENDING SAPPER". 3rd Canadian Division Twitter Account. 4 October 2018.

Notes

  1. ^ Like most numbered Canadian Forces units, the regiment is only known as "1 Combat Engineer Regiment" and not "1st Combat Engineer Regiment".