39 Combat Engineer Regiment (Canada)

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39 Combat Engineer Regiment
Active	3 May 2008 - Present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Military Engineers Primary Reserve
Type	Combat Engineers
Part of	Land Force Western Area 39 Canadian Brigade Group
Garrison/HQ	RHQ - Vancouver 6 FES - North Vancouver 44 FES - Trail 54 FES - Chilliwack
Motto	"Ubique"
March	"Wings"
Abbreviation	39 CER

39 Combat Engineer Regiment (39 CER) was created on 3 May 2008 and amalgamated all the independent field engineer squadrons in British Columbia and the 39 Canadian Brigade Group.

39 CER is part of Land Force Western Area's (LFWA) 39 Canadian Brigade Group (39 CBG).

[edit] Sub-units

When the regiment was formed, it combined the existing indepentent field engineer squadrons and made them sub-units of 39 CER.

• 6 Engineer Squadron (North Vancouver)
• 44 Engineer Squadron (Trail)
• 54 Engineer Squadron (Chilliwack

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