39 Canadian Brigade Group (39 CBG; French: 39e Groupe-brigade du Canada) is a Canadian Forces formation of the Canadian Army under Land Force Western Area. The brigade group is composed of Canadian Forces (CF) Primary Reserve units, all of which are based within the province of British Columbia. 39 CBG Headquarters is located in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the Jericho Garrison on West 4th Avenue.
The brigade group is made of approximately 1,500 soldiers located in reserve units located in communities across British Columbia. Most of the soldiers in 39 CBG are reservists, serving part-time within their communities.
The brigade maintains armoured, 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 Land Force Western Area by supporting and augmenting the LFWA battle groups. Soldiers of 39 CBG are trained with a view 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.
39 Canadian Brigade Group is currently under the command of Colonel B.H. Gagné, CD. The brigade chief warrant officer is Chief Warrant Officer R.G. Wishnicki, CD.
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