37 Combat Engineer Regiment

 

As part of Army Reserve Transformation, the Army
has identified a shortage of engineer resources.

In addition to supporting expeditionary tasks each
Area has been assigned the task of generating a
Medium Girder Bridge Squadron and a Floating Bridge
Squadron for the Army. Although other Land Force
Areas have Reserve Engineer Regiments, Land Force
Atlantic Area (LFAA) only has two independent
squadrons and as a result the Chief of Land Staff
directed LFAA to proceed with the growth of an
Engineer Regiment in each of our two
Reserve brigades. 36 and 37 Combat Engineer
Regiments (CER) will be created over the next five years by
internally adjusting existing structure and resources. To
create 36 and 37 CER, unfilled structure will be reallocated
within each brigade.

Within 37 CBG the second mission element from the 8CH
will be reassigned to form a second engineer squadron that
will be located in Fredericton. The HQ elements will be created by
reassigning the empty Service Battalion Headquarters
realized through the CSS Optimization initiative described
above. Growth will be achieved incrementally over the
five year period and managed through adjustments to the
annual recruiting targets assigned to each brigade or
Strategic Intake Plan as it is known.

The first objective was to establish engineer troops in Halifax and
Fredericton within the next two years. 37 CER headquarters and 56
Engineer Squadron will be located St. John's with 1 Engineer
Squadron located in Fredericton.