What is 1 CMBG?

1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG) is a Canadian Army formation based in Western Canada. It contains a variety of combat arms units and is capable of conducting full scale operations, such as:

• War fighting (World War I, World War II and the Korean War);

• Peace Support/Stability Operations (Afghanistan, Bosnia);

• Peacekeeping (Cyprus, Croatia and the former Yugoslavia);

• International humanitarian relief (Hurricane Katrina);

• Domestic Operations:

• Disaster relief (Manitoba Floods);

• Security tasks (2010 Vancouver Olympics)

1 CMBG’s day-to-day operations is to prepare, train and conduct operations at home or abroad.

Unit Locations

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