39 Canadian Brigade Group
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| 39 Canadian Brigade Group | |||||
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| March | "39 Canadian Brigade Group March" | ||||
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| Brigade commander | Colonel W.S. Raesler, CD | ||||
| Brigade CWO | CWO Bryan Gardner, CD | ||||
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| Unit abbreviation | 39 CBG | ||||
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39 Canadian Brigade Group (39 CBG; French: 39e Groupe-brigade du Canada) is a
The brigade group is made of approximately 1,500 soldiers located in reserve units located in communities across British Columbia. Most of the soldiers in 39 CBG are reservists, serving part-time within their communities.[4]
The brigade maintains armoured, artillery, infantry, engineer and service support units to assist
Brigade units
| Unit | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 39 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters | Headquarters | Vancouver |
The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) |
Armoured cavalry | Vancouver |
The British Columbia Dragoons |
Armoured cavalry | Vernon
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| 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA | Artillery | Nanaimo
|
15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA |
Artillery | Vancouver and Aldergrove
|
| 39 Combat Engineer Regiment | Combat engineering | Trail
|
| 39 Signal Regiment | Communications | Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo and Kelowna |
The Rocky Mountain Rangers |
Light infantry | Kamloops and Prince George |
The Royal Westminster Regiment |
Light infantry | New Westminster and Chilliwack
|
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada |
Light infantry | Vancouver |
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) |
Light infantry | Victoria, Nanaimo and Comox |
| 39 Service Battalion | Combat Service Support | Richmond and Victoria |
Other units
39 CBG is supported by several other units that provide specialist duties, such as medical services, military police and intelligence. These units do not fall under the 39 CBG command structure; however, they do work closely with it in order to provide these services to the soldiers of the brigade group.
Medical
The medical needs of 39 CBG, such as tending to wounded troops in the field, are provided by two field ambulance units. These two units are part of the Royal Canadian Medical Service and 1 Health Services Group.[5]
Military police
The military police support for 39 CBG is provided by the
Intelligence
Military intelligence services for 39 CBG are provided by 4 Platoon of 6 Intelligence Company based out the Major-General Bert Hoffmeister Building in Vancouver. The unit headquarters is at Brigadier James Curry Jefferson Armoury and operates several platoons in several brigade groups. 6 Int Coy operates platoons in:
- Edmonton
- Vancouver
- Winnipeg
Exercise Cougar Salvo
References
- ^ "39 Canadian Brigade Group". Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges. Canadian Heraldic Authority. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Canadian Forces (15 May 2000). B-GL-331-003/FP-001 Military Symbols for Land Operations. Department of National Defence. pp. 4, 24–25.
- ^ "39 Canadian Brigade Group Homepage". Department of National Defence/Canadian Army/39 CBG. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ a b "About 39 CBG". Department of National Defence/Canadian Army/39 CBG. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "CF Health Services Reserve Units". Department of National Defence/CF Health Services. 21 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.