Royal School of Military Engineering - Operations

Operations

The RSME is based at Brompton Barracks in Chatham in Kent, England. It also has a subsidiary site at Camberley in Surrey. Its mission is "To deliver trained and motivated Military Engineers to meet the operational requirements of the Armed Forces". It has the following schools:

  • The Combat Engineer School, which is based at Gibraltar Barracks at Minley in Hampshire, runs training for up to 1,000 students at any one time.
  • The Construction Engineer School, which is based at Chatham, runs courses for over 8,500 students a year.
  • The Defence Explosive Munitions and Search School, which is based at Bicester in Oxfordshire, provides specialist training for Explosives Ordnance Disposal and counter terrorist search for the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and UK Police Forces.
  • The Defence Animal Centre. The Defence Animal Centre, based in Melton Mowbray, east Leicestershire, trains animals (mainly dogs) for all three armed forces. It is also home of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
  • The Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers. The RE Band based in Bromton Barracks, Chatham is one of the British Army's top military bands and provides a Marching Band, Concert Band and ensembles to the Corps, wider Army and public events.
  • The Royal Engineers Museum and Library, The Museum in Gillingham, Kent, England, tells the story of the Corps of Royal Engineers and British military engineering in general. The Library was founded in 1812. The Museum and Library collection received 'Designated' status in 1998 (it is recognised as having an outstanding collection of national and international significance), one of only three military or regimental museums in the country to hold this status.
  • The Institution of Royal Engineers, the professional institution of the Corps of Royal Engineers, was established in 1875 and in 1923 it was granted its Royal Charter by King George V. The Institution is co-located with the Royal Engineers Museum, within the grounds of the Royal School of Military Engineering at Brompton in Chatham, Kent.

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