Description

The 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (1 CER) is the only mechanised Combat Engineer Regiment in the Australian Army.  It is a Regular Army unit of the Royal Australian Enginners and is tasked with providing mobility and counter mobility support. 1st Combat Engineer Regiment is based in Darwin, Northern Territory and is attached to the 1st Brigade.
The current structure of 1st Combat Engineer Regiment is: • 1st Field Squadron
• 9th Field Squadron • 23rd Support Squadron • Operational Support Squadron
From late 2006 to mid-2007, a third of 1 CER was deployed to Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, as the 1st Reconstruction Task Force, the Australian contribution to a Dutch-led Provincial Reconstruction Team. During this deployment, the remainder of 1 CER carried out a heavy training schedule.

In late 2008, personnel from 1st Field Squadron and 23rd Support Squadron were sent to Afghanistan on an eight-month deployment as part of the 1st Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force, during which Corporal Michael Anthony Cole was awarded the Order of Australia Medal. The rest of the regiment was involved in training and trials of the PackBot military robot (the Scout and Explorer variants) for Australian use.

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