1 Combat Engineer Regiment

January 2023 August 2009 1 Combat Engineer Regiment fr on 1er Régiment du génie de combat CanMilEng.png Royal Canadian Engineers 1977–present Canada Canadian Army Combat engineers 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group CFB Edmonton la Ubique "Wings" War in Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom LCol D. Amundsen Commanding officer CWO K. Smith Regimental sergeant major 100px100px NATO Map Symbol 1 Combat Engineer RegimentLike most numbered Canadian Forces units, the regiment is only known as "1 Combat Engineer Regiment" and not "1st Combat Engineer Regiment". (1 CER, fr no 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.Fallen Canadians, www.forces.gc.ca Organization December 2025 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. it was closed when 11 Fd Sqn was stood back up in July 2020 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)http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/equipment-equipement/item-eng.asp?product%3D74 Badger Armoured Engineering Vehicle (AEV) 2011-02-07 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110822140316/http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/equipment-equipement/item-eng.asp?product=74 2011-08-22 Since 2018 the Badger AEV has been replaced by a Leopard 2–based AEVLt Ken Jacobson New Leopard 2 Armoured Engineer Vehicle is 'the natural evolution' https://canadianarmytoday.com/new-leopard-2-armoured-engineer-vehicle-is-the-natural-evolution/ Canadian Army Today 16 April 2018 that is known in Canadian service as the AEV2 (still commonly called the Badger, or Badger 2).3rd Canadian Division Twitter Account Ex ASCENDING SAPPER https://twitter.com/3cdndiv3divca/status/1047946999146971136?lang=en 4 October 2018 Order of precedence First in precedence of Canadian Military Engineers 1 Combat Engineer Regiment *2 Combat Engineer Regiment References Citations Notes External links Category:Engineer regiments of Canada Category:Military units and formations established in 1977 Category:1977 establishments in Canada