1 Combat Engineer Regiment

1 Combat Engineer Regiment (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.

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
Websitearmy-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/1-cer/index.page

Organization
Sub-unitSizeComposition
Regimental Headquarters 50 Command Team (CO, DCO, RSM, Adjt) Headquarters Troop (Ops & Training, Signals, Drivers, Library, RSM ass't. )
11 Field Squadron 60 Squadron Headquarters, Field Troops (stood down in 2016, stood up again in 2020)
12 Field Squadron 70 Squadron Headquarters, Field Troops
13 Armoured Squadron 60 Squadron Headquarters, Armoured Troops, EOD Troop
15 Combat Support Squadron 80 Squadron Headquarters, Heavy Equipment Troop, Resource Troop, Construction Troop, Dive Troop
18 Administration Squadron 120 Squadron Headquarters, Orderly Room, Padre, Maintenance Troop, Logistics Troop, Family Support Services

Armoured engineers

1 CER is different from other CME units as it holds an armoured engineer capability in its Badger Armoured Engineer Vehicle (AEV)[1]

Afghanistan

1 CER had been 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.

As of the start of 2011, 1 CER had six soldiers killed in Afghanistan.[2]

A note on the name

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

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

References
  1. "Badger Armoured Engineering Vehicle (AEV)". Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  2. "Fallen Canadians". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
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