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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 July/August 2010)
Overview The last couple of months have seen the majority of 2nd Engineer Regiment move towards the individual training period and troop and squadron size activities within the lower North Island. This has meant that several soldiers have even been utilized as an instructor or a student at the School of Military Engineering. Over 60 Engineers from mainly 25 Engineer Support Squadron deployed on Exercise Tropic Twilight on the 1st of July. This year the exercise was conducted in Funafuti which is a group of Islands North East of the Solomon Islands. They were back on the 17th July. In mid February 2 Engineer Regiment also sent a composite team to Aitutaki (Which is in the Cook Islands) to help clean up and repair some 68 houses that were destroyed and another 436 houses with considerable damage, from Cyclone Rene. 25 Engineer Support Squadron 25 Engineer Support Squadron has been mainly focused on Junior NCO Leadership training and has conducted both exercise Bulls Roar, and Zodiac in the central north island. The main focus was on troop based activities concentrating on their basic soldier skills and enhancing their waterman ship and demolition skills. Not to forget the minor ongoing horizontal and vertical construction tasks.2 Field Squadron 2 Field Squadron has been busy, in conjunction with the School of Military Engineering running several Field Engineering banding courses. 2 Field Squadron over the next couple of months will continue to regenerate from East Timor. They also conducted troop size activities on exercise Neon which was predominately a series off different types of search tasks and infantry minor tactics in the Santoft forest. 3 Troop (Which is in Burnham camp) main activity was exercise Black Templar, where they supported 2/1 Bn in various mobility & survivability tasks. Regimental Headquarters Workshops main effort over the past couple of months has been to he prepare and service certain plant items in preparation for there sale (as part of our plant re-orientation plan). 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. School Of Military Engineering SME is currently in its busy period, it still continues to run our corps individual training courses. They have just finished running the Engineer Reconnaissance Sergeant course, the Basic Plant Operators, Task Managers course, Senior Combat Engineer, Lt to Captain's, Engine handlers, Tree felling, Portable sawmill and the Basic carpentry course. Not to forget they are now running the Basic Fire and Plant course. The SME apprentices continue to work with 25 Engineer Support Squadron on the various minor construction tasks both within Linton Camp and the wider Palmerston North area and have now just finished another new barrack block at Linton Camp.
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