Planning For The Future
As of January 2011, 2 CER has been directed to become the largest combat engineer unit in the Australian Army. The Regiment has recently returned from warfighting and peacekeeping operations throughout the world, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, East Timor, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and Cambodia. 2 CER supported the 8/9 RAR Timor-Leste Battle Group from January – October 2010. The Regiment also supported the 6 RAR Battle Group Mentoring Task Force 1 (MTF1) in Afghanistan. At the same time, 2 CER continues to build new facilities, receive new equipment and raise another two sub-units—2nd Combat Engineer Squadron (2 CE Sqn) and the Operational Support Squadron (OSS)—as part of the Australian Army Enhanced Land Force (ELF) and Modular Engineer Force (MEF) initiatives.
2 CER has an official Bond of Friendship with 2 Combat Engineer Regiment in Petawawa, Canada.
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