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| 39 Canadian Brigade Group | |||||
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| Active | 1997–present | ||||
| Country | Canada | ||||
| Branch | Canadian Army Primary Reserve | ||||
| Type | Headquarters | ||||
| Part of | 3rd Canadian Division | ||||
| Garrison/HQ | Major-General B.M. Hoffmeister Building Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||
| Motto(s) | Latin: Splendor sine occasu, lit. 'Splendour without diminishment'[1] | ||||
| March | "39 Canadian Brigade Group March" | ||||
| Website | canada | ||||
| Commanders | |||||
| 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 Canadian Forces formation of the Canadian Army under the 3rd 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.[3] 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.[4]
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 3rd 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.[4]
- ^ "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.