37 Combat Engineer Regiment
| 37 Combat Engineer Regiment | |
|---|---|
| Active | 31 March 2012 - Present |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Branch | Primary Reserve |
| Type | Combat Engineers |
| Role | Military engineering tasks |
| Size | Two Squadrons |
37 CER is a military engineer regiment in the Canadian Forces. For more information on this unit and other similar units look to the Canadian Forces webpage.[1] This unit parades throughout the year from September to June while training continues throughout the summer in the form of courses and taskings. Currently the regiments Commanding Officer is Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Penney and the Regimental-Sergeant-Major is Chief Warrant Officer Roger Dewland.
Location
The regimental headquarters houses 56 Engineer Squadron and is located at 206 Churchill Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland. 1 ES parades out of the Carleton and York street armouries Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Formation of 37 CER
37 CER is a combat engineer regiment in the Canadian Forces primary reserve. The regiment was formed by restructuring 56 Field Squadron from St. John's, Newfoundland and the creation of a new squadron, 1 Engineer Squadron in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
1 Engineer Squadron Unit history
Formed in 2006 out of the Carleton and York armouries in Fredericton New Brunswick. 1 Engineer Squadron is a relatively new Squadron, 1 ES shares close ties to both the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering located in the close by CFB Gagetown and 1 RNBR, currently sharing an armouries as their parade grounds.
Similar to their sister squadron 1 ES is to augment the regular force when required.
As a new unit there has been a focus on community projects and recruiting in order to build the size of the Squadron, one of these projects was the construction of a non-standard wooden bridge as part of a trail system in New Maryland, New Brunswick. As well the unit built above ground gardening boxes for the community food bank in Oromocto, as a part of their program to provide produce grown on site by the organization.
1 ES is a highly motivated unit that benefits greatly from the close proximity of a Canadian Forces base and the personnel/facilities of the Engineers working on the base. This close proximity provides the squadron with unique and invaluable training opportunities.
References
- ↑ "Combat Engineer". Forces.gc.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- "Canadian Military Engineer Association". CMEA. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- "37 CER page". Forces.gc.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- "Army.ca". Army.wiki. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
Order of precedence
| Preceded by 36 Combat Engineer Regiment |
37 Combat Engineer Regiment | Succeeded by 38 Combat Engineer Regiment |