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1 Combat Engineer Regiment
*1^er Régiment du génie de combat*
1 Combat Engineer Regiment ; 1er Régiment du génie de combat
	Canadian Military Engineers
Active	1977–present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army
Type	Combat engineers
Part of	1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
Garrison/HQ	CFB Edmonton
Motto(s)	[Ubique] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)
March	"Wings"
Website	army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/1-cer/index.page

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1 Combat Engineer Regiment (1 CER, French: 1^er Régiment du génie de combat) is a Regular Force regiment of the Canadian Military Engineers (CME) 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.

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.^{[needs update]}

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

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2011-02-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-02-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Official website

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2011-02-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-02-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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 ==Armoured engineers==
-CER is different from other CME units as it holds an [[Military engineering vehicle|armoured engineer]] capability in its Badger Armoured Engineer Vehicle (AEV)<ref>http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/equipment-equipement/item-eng.asp?product=74{{dead link|date=December 2016}}</ref>
+CER is different from other CME units as it holds an [[Military engineering vehicle|armoured engineer]] capability in its Badger Armoured Engineer Vehicle (AEV)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/equipment-equipement/item-eng.asp?product%3D74 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-02-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822140316/http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/equipment-equipement/item-eng.asp?product=74 |archivedate=2011-08-22 |df= }}</ref>
 ==Afghanistan==
 CER has been continually involved with rotations to [[Afghanistan]] as part of the ongoing [[War on Terror]]. Due to the regiment's special [[Military engineering vehicle|armoured engineer]] capability, every Canadian rotation since 2006 has had a minimum of an armoured troop from 1 CER attached.{{update after|2016|12|15}}
-As of the start of 2011, 1 CER had six soldiers killed in Afghanistan.<ref>http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/fallen-disparus/index-eng.asp{{dead link|date=December 2016}}</ref>
+As of the start of 2011, 1 CER had six soldiers killed in Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/fallen-disparus/index-eng.asp |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-02-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609185549/http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/fallen-disparus/index-eng.asp |archivedate=2011-06-09 |df= }}</ref>
 ==A note on the name==

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