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 regiment's Commanding Officer is Lieutenant-Colonel Shane MacNiel and the Regimental-Sergeant-Major is Chief Warrant Officer Wayne O'Toole.
Location
The regimental headquarters houses 56 Engineer Squadron and is located at the Surgeon Lieutenant Commander W. Anthony Paddon Building 115 the Boulevard, St. John's, NL. 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.