25 Field Ambulance

25 (Toronto) Field Ambulance
Active 1977 - Present
Country Canada
Branch Royal Canadian Medical Service
Role Medical
Size Company
Part of Canadian Forces Health Services Group
Garrison/HQ Moss Park Armoury
Nickname(s) 25 Fd Amb
Motto(s) Militi Succurrimus (We Hasten to Aid the Soldier)
March Music: "Farmer's Boy"
Commanders
Current
commander
LCol Thomas A. Nguyen, CD
Honorary Colonel Hon. David C. Onley, O.Ont

25 (Toronto) Field Ambulance (formerly 25 (Toronto) Medical Company) is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve (militia) medical unit in Toronto, Ontario. The company-strength formation is part of 4 Health Services Group, which is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It is the only Primary Reserve medical unit in Toronto. The unit fields a medical company, a services support company, and an HQ element. The unit's name is often abbreviated to 25 Fd Amb.

25 Fd Amb parades out of Moss Park Armoury, and is tasked with providing medical support to 32 Canadian Brigade Group. Members of the unit have served on various UN and NATO missions around the world: Cyprus, Bosnia and the former Yugoslavia, Haiti, the Sudan and in Afghanistan.

External

Coordinates: 43°39′17″N 79°22′22″W / 43.654586°N 79.372914°W / 43.654586; -79.372914


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