1 Combat Engineer Regiment

1 Combat Engineer Regiment 1^er Régiment du génie
Canadian Military Engineers
Active	1977–present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Military Engineers Canadian Army Regular Force
Type	Combat engineers
Part of	1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
Garrison/HQ	CFB Edmonton
Motto	"Ubique"

1 Combat Engineer Regiment (1 CER) is a regular force regiment of the Canadian Military Engineers commanded by a lieutenant-colonel. It is currently located in the Patton Building at CFB Edmonton (Steele Barracks), Alberta, and is assigned to 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group.

Organization

Sub-unit	Size	Composition
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
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 has 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 has 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 Canadian Forces units, the designation 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

Royal Canadian Engineer Regiments in order of precedence

1 Combat Engineer Regiment
2 Combat Engineer Regiment
4 Engineer Support Regiment
5 Combat Engineer Regiment
8th Field Engineer Regiment
31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins)
32 Combat Engineer Regiment
33 Combat Engineer Regiment
34 Combat Engineer Regiment
35 Combat Engineer Regiment
36 Combat Engineer Regiment
37 Combat Engineer Regiment
38 Combat Engineer Regiment
39 Combat Engineer Regiment
41 Combat Engineer Regiment

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History	History of the Canadian Army Canadian Corps First Canadian Army Military History of Canada Fort Frontenac Library

Structure	Structure of the Canadian Army 2nd Canadian Division 3rd Canadian Division 4th Canadian Division 5th Canadian Division List of Units

Mechanized brigade groups	1 CMBG 2 CMBG 5 CMBG

Brigade groups	31 CBG 32 CBG 33 CBG 34 CBG 35 CBG 36 CBG 37 CBG 38 CBG 39 CBG 41 CBG

Small arms	C9 machine-gun C7A1 rifle/C8A1 carbine/C7A2 rifle C6 machine-gun Browning .50 calibre heavy machine gun Browning-HP 9 mm pistol P225, 226 C15 Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW) C3A1 sniper rifle C14 Timberwolf C13 fragmentation grenade M203 grenade launcher M72 SRAAW(L)

Crewed weapons	Carl Gustav SRAAW(M) ERYX SRAAW(H) TOW LRAAW(H) 81 mm mortar 60 mm mortar Javelin short-range air defence missile Skyguard C1 close support howitzer C3 close support howitzer LG1 Mark II 105 mm towed howitzer M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer C16 CASW

Armoured fighting vehicles	LAV III Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle ADATS Leopard C2 Leopard 2 Bison APC M113A3 and MTVL RG-31 Textron TAPV

Schools	Canadian Army Command and Staff College Peace Support Training Centre Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre

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