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INTRODUCTION
The
2nd Engineer Regiment is housed in Linton Military Camp that is
situated approximately 10 km South of the City of Palmerston North.
Raised on the 1st of July 1993 the Regiment is the only major
Engineer Unit in the NZ Army.
Linton Camp has been known throughout the Army as the traditional home of
the Engineers.
The School of Military Engineering first moved to Linton Camp in June
1953 but now comes under the Control of Army Schools in Waiouru. ROLE OF THE ENGINEERS
To
assist in maintaining the mobility of our own forces, deny freedom of movement
to the enemy, and provide general engineering support. MISSION STATEMENT
2nd
Engineer Regiment is to generate and sustain Engineer Troop and Squadron level
command and control competent in combined arms operations in order to meet
directed outputs. 2nd ENGINEER REGIMENT PROFILES
ORGANISATION
THE SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGINEERINGIn
December 2003 The School of Military Engineering was
separated from 2 Engineer Regiment by the Chief of Army (CA) and returned to
Under Command of the Land Operations Training Centre (LOTC). This now means
that SME reports to HQ LOTC, which is part of the Army Training Group (ATG),
Waiouru. SME continues to reside in Linton Camp. Chief Instructor - Major Rowan Wallace, RNZE Senior Instructor - Captain Keri Anderson MNZM, RNZE School Sergeant Major - Warrant Officer Class 1 Nai August, RNZE Wing Sergeant Major, Trade Training Wing - Warrant Officer Class 2 Bredan McDonald, RNZE, Wing Sergeant Major, Combat Engineer Wing - Warrant Officer Class 2 Jeff Vickers, RNZE FREEDOMS The
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers has been accorded the honour of the Freedom
of the Borough of Levin dating from 7 February 1959.
2nd Engineer Regiment exercises this right biennially on
behalf of the Corps.
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Fd Troop of 2 Field Squadron based in Burnham Camp just outside Christchurch has
the Freedom to Akaroa.
RNZE CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ANTARCTICA This mission operates annually from Aug - Feb and involves
teams of personnel supporting Antarctic New Zealand and the US Antarctic
Programme activities in NZ and on the Antarctic continent.
Personnel (incl. the McMurdo Terminal Team and Scott Base support staff)
deploy to Antarctica for approx 5 months fm Oct-Feb (Summer Season) annually.
Attachments to the Antarctic annually throughout the season include
Engineer Construction Teams. SINAI, EGYPT. The charter of this force, which is funded by the United States,
Egypt and Israel, is to ensure the observance of the Camp David accords between
Egypt and Israel. Multinational
Force and Observers
(MFO) Sinai is a tri-service contingent of twenty-six NZDF personnel deployed to
the MFO. It comprises two Engineers, who manage the maintenance of the MFO’s
remote sites along the border. AFGHANISTAN Following the attack on Sep 11 2001 on the USA, a British lead mission was established to ensure the safety and security of Kabul in Afghanistan. In Jan 2002 New Zealand sent the first of its commitment to the force and a further group of staff officers was deployed in Mar 2002 to the HQ International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) with one Engineer Officer as LO to UNEOD and another Engineer Officers in Infrastructure/ Works.SERVING SAPPERS REPORT (as at Nov 2009) Overview The last couple of months
have been an extremely busy period for 2nd Engineer Regiment, with
the RNZE Corps conference over the 12th & 13th
October. This gathering enabled us
to farewell our out going Colonel Commandant Brigadier (Rtd) Stu Jameson at a
formal dinner. Sapper’s day was
once again well celebrated in good old engineer style with lots of well thought
out pranks that outwitted the other Corps. We were also heavily
involved with the Tsunami pacific relief team that deployed to However the greatest
achievement for 2nd Engineer Regiment has to be the success of our 2
x Engineer skill at arms teams that represented the NZ Army on Cambrian patrol
in SME SME continues to keep busy
in a steady state running our corps individual training. They are now running
the Intermediate Fire fighters and the Territorial Corps training courses. The
SME apprentices continue to work with the regiment on various construction tasks
both within Linton Camp and the Palmerston North area. The major construction
task for SME in 2009 is still the construction of another barrack block at
Linton camp. 25
ESS Over
the last couple of months the main effort has been on supporting 2
FD SQN With 2 Field Squadrons main
body still in RHQ Workshops conducted a
serious of recovery exercises in the central north island. Emergency response
squadron (Fire troops) are still supporting the fire course at SME and
conducting emergency response. GIS
(Geographic Information System) continue to support 2 Land Force Group with
their new Battle Lab technology. Works cell still busy keeping ahead of the task
sites as well as providing quality assurance. Training cell remain busy
synchronizing unit training and engineer support to outside units.
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