Active 1 April 1992–present Branch Army Role Military engineering | Country Jamaica Type Engineers Size One regiment | |
The 1st Engineer Regiment is a unit of the Jamaica Defence Force primarily responsible for providing military and civil engineering. The regiment was formed in 1992 after a requirement was identified for increased military and civil engineering capability for the JDF than could be provided by the then existing structure. At the time, all JDF engineering capacity was provided by the Construction Squadron and the Engineering Unit of the Support and Services Battalion.
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Composition
The regiment today consists of a total of four distinct sub-units:
Directives
The regiment's primary purpose is to provide military engineering support to the JDF, and to assist as required agencies of the government when so directed by HQ JDF. As such, it has a number of specific priorities: