The Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering (CFSME), at

CFB Gagetown 5th Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown, formerly known as and commonly referred to as CFB Gagetown, is a large Canadian Forces Base covering an area over , located in southwestern New Brunswick. It is the biggest facility in East ...

in Oromocto, New Brunswick, is responsible for the conduct of 85 different courses that span all ranks and occupations within the Combat Engineering and Construction Engineering organizations. CFSME is the

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centre of excellence in

military engineer Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and military communications. Military engineers are also responsible for logistics ...

training. Originally A6 Canadian Engineering Training Centre, the school was established in Camp Dundurn in Saskatchewan and then moved to

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, British Columbia, to train military engineers for the

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during the

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. The A6 Canadian Engineering Training Centre was renamed the Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering. In 1968 Canada unified its military forces when it merged the Canadian Army,

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and

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to create the Canadian Forces. The Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering was renamed the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering following unification. It also found itself responsible for the military engineering training for all services and components of the Canadian Forces. On the closing of CFB Chilliwack in the late 1990s the school moved to its current location in CFB Gagetown.https://cmea-agmc.ca/heritage-moment/%E2%80%9Cductores-docemus%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-canadian-forces-school-military-engineering The school exists as a unit of the Combat Training Centre and it consists of the following sub-units: * Field Engineering Training Squadron (FETS) * Construction Engineering Training Squadron (CETS) * Reserve Engineer Training Squadron (RETS) * Tactics Squadron * Construction Engineering and Management Squadron (CEMS) * Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron (EOD) * Standards and Training Development Squadron (STDS) * Administration Squadron

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