1 Combat Engineer Regiment


1 Combat Engineer Regiment is a Regular Force regiment of the Royal Canadian Engineers commanded by a lieutenant-colonel. Its headquarters is in the Patton Building at CFB Edmonton, 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.

Organization

Sub-unitSizeComposition
Regimental Headquarters50Command team headquarters troop
11 Field Squadron60Squadron headquarters, field troops
12 Field Squadron70Squadron Headquarters, jump troop, field troop
13 C-IED Squadron0This 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 Squadron60Squadron headquarters, armoured training cadre, armoured engineer troop
15 Combat Support Squadron80Squadron headquarters, heavy equipment troop, resource troop, construction troop, dive troop, explosive ordnance disposal
18 Administration Squadron120Squadron 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 Formerly this was provided by the Badger Armoured Engineer Vehicle Since 2018 the Badger AEV has been replaced by a Leopard 2–based AEV that is known in Canadian service as the AEV2.

Order of precedence