39 Canadian Brigade Group (39 CBG. ) is a Canadian Forces formation of the Canadian Army under the 2nd Canadian Division. The brigade group is composed of Canadian Forces (CF) Primary Reserve units, all of which are based within the province of British Columbia. 39 CBG Headquarters is at the Major-General B.M. Hoffmeister OC, CB, CBE, DSO Building, 1755 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver.
The brigade group is made of approximately 1,500 soldiers in reserve units in communities across British Columbia. Most of the soldiers in 39 CBG are reservists, serving part-time within their communities.
The brigade maintains armoured, artillery, infantry, engineer and service support units to assist Joint Task Force Pacific (JTFP) and Canadian Joint Operations Command with domestic operations support (natural disasters, etc.), as well as supporting the Regular Force units of the 2nd Canadian Division by supporting and augmenting its battle groups. Soldiers of 39 CBG are trained in supporting domestic and also expeditionary operations. Every year many members of 39 CBG volunteer to serve all over the world in UN and NATO deployments. Hundreds of soldiers within the brigade have experience in deploying to the mission in Afghanistan as well as deploying to support the security operations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Brigade units Unit Type Location 39 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters Headquarters Vancouver 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA Artillery Headquarters, 155 Battery & Band (Victoria) 56 Battery (Nanaimo) 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA Artillery Vancouver 39 Combat Engineer Regiment Combat Engineer Headquarters & 54 Engineer Squadron (Chilliwack) 6 Engineer Squadron (North Vancouver) 44 Engineer Squadron (Trail) Det Cranbrook (Cranbrook) 39 Service Battalion Service and support Headquarters & 12 Company (Richmond) 11 Company (Victoria) 39 Signal Regiment Communications Headquarters & A Squadron (Vancouver) B Squadron (Victoria) 1 Troop (Nanaimo) 2 Troop (Victoria) C Squadron (Kelowna) The Rocky Mountain Rangers Infantry Headquarters & A Company (Kamloops) B Company (Prince George) The British Columbia Dragoons Armoured Kelowna The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) Armoured Vancouver The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) Infantry Headquarters & A Company (Victoria) B Company (Nanaimo) 4 & 5 Platoon (Nanaimo) 6 Platoon (Comox) The Royal Westminster Regiment Infantry Headquarters & A Company (New Westminster) D Company (Chilliwack) The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Infantry Vancouver
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. 11 (Victoria) Field Ambulance in Victoria 12 (Vancouver) Field Ambulance in Vancouver
Military police The military police support for 39 CBG is provided by the Canadian Forces Military Police. The military police unit assigned to the brigade is 12 Military Police Platoon (12 MP Pl) and is based out of the Colonel Sherman Armoury in Richmond. 12 Military Police Platoon reports to its parent unit, 15 Military Police Company, and 1 Military Police Regiment, both based out of Canadian Forces Base Edmonton (CFB Edmonton).
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
Armories +ArmouryLocationUnitsGen A.W. Currie ArmouryVictoria, BC5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)LGen E.C. Ashton ArmouryVictoria, BC39 Service Battalion, 39 Signal RegimentBrig D.R. Sargent ArmouryNanaimo, BC5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, 39 Signal Regiment, Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)Seal Bay ArmouryComox, BCCanadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)LCol J.P. Fell ArmouryNorth Vancouver, BC39 Combat Engineer RegimentBeatty Street Drill HallVancouver, BCBritish Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)Seaforth ArmouryVancouver, BCSeaforth Highlanders of CanadaMGen B.M. Hoffmeister BuildingVancouver, BCHeadquarters, 39 Signal RegimentBessborough ArmouryVancouver, BC15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCAThe Armoury (New Westminster)New Westminster, BCRoyal Westminster RegimentColonel Sherman ArmouryRichmond, BC39 Service BattalionCol R.K. St. John ArmouryChilliwack, BC39 Combat Engineer Regiment, Royal Westminster RegimentBrig H.H. Angle ArmouryKelowna, BC39 Signal Regiment, The British Columbia DragoonsBrigadier W.C. Murphy ArmouryVernon, BCCol J.R. Vicars ArmouryKamloops, BCRocky Mountain RangersMeadows ArmouryPrince George, BCRocky Mountain Rangers
Exercise Cougar Salvo Exercise Cougar Salvo is 39 CBG's annual field training exercise which combines the brigade as a whole. Every year, the exercise is held in a different location, usually in British Columbia. In 2006, it was held in the streets of Kamloops, in 2007, at HMCS Quadra Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre near Comox. However, it has been held in other locations, such as in the United States. In 2012, Exercise Cougar Salvo was held in Boise, Idaho.
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