Land Force Atlantic Area

Land Force Atlantic Area
Active	1992–2013^[1]
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army
Role	responsible for Canadian Army operations in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
Headquarters	Canadian Forces Base Halifax
Commanders
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Land Force Atlantic Area (LFAA) was a formation responsible for Canadian Army operations in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. LFAA is headquartered at Canadian Forces Base Halifax. The command was formed in 1992 and renamed in 2013 to become the 5th Canadian Division.^[2]

Regular Force

C Squadron, The Royal Canadian Dragoons	Armour	Oromocto, New Brunswick (under command of 2 CMBG)
2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment	Mechanized Infantry	Oromocto (under command of 2 CMBG)
4th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery	Air Defence	Moncton, New Brunswick
4 Engineer Support Regiment	Engineers	Oromocto
3 Military Police Unit	Military Police	Halifax, Nova Scotia
5th Canadian Division Training Centre		Oromocto

5th Canadian Division Support Group Headquarters		Gagetown, New Brunswick
5th Canadian Division Support Group		Gagetown, New Brunswick

Royal Canadian Armour Corps School

Royal Canadian Artillery School

Royal Canadian Infantry Corps School

Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering

Tactics School

36 Canadian Brigade Group		Halifax, Nova Scotia
36 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters		Halifax, Nova Scotia
36 Canadian Brigade Group (NS) Band	Music	Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Halifax Rifles (RCAC)	Reconnaissance	Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)	Reconnaissance	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA	Artillery	Halifax, Nova Scotia
84th Independent Field Battery, RCA	Artillery	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
36 Combat Engineer Regiment	Combat Engineer	Sydney, Nova Scotia and Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Princess Louise Fusiliers	Light Infantry	Halifax, Nova Scotia
The West Nova Scotia Regiment	Light Infantry	Aldershot, Nova Scotia
1st Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North)	Light Infantry	Truro, Amherst and Springhill, Nova Scotia
The Cape Breton Highlanders	Light Infantry	Sydney, Nova Scotia
36 Service Battalion	Combat Service and Support	Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia
36 Signal Regiment	Communications	Halifax and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

37 Canadian Brigade Group		Moncton, New Brunswick
37 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters		Moncton, New Brunswick
8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)	Reconnaissance	Moncton, New Brunswick
3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA	Artillery	Saint John, New Brunswick
37 Combat Engineer Regiment	Combat engineer	St. John's, Newfoundland and Fredericton, New Brunswick
1st Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York)	Light infantry	Fredericton, New Brunswick
The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment	Light infantry	Bathurst, New Brunswick
1st Battalion, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment	Light infantry	St. John's, Newfoundland
2nd Battalion, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment	Light infantry	Corner Brook, Newfoundland
37 Service Battalion	Service and support	Saint John, New Brunswick
37 Signal Regiment	Communications	Saint John, New Brunswick, and St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

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Canadian Army

History	History of the Canadian Army Canadian Corps First Canadian Army Military History of Canada Fort Frontenac Library

Structure	Structure of the Canadian Army 2nd Canadian Division 3rd Canadian Division 4th Canadian Division 5th Canadian Division List of Units

Mechanized brigade groups	1 CMBG 2 CMBG 5 CMBG

Brigade groups	31 CBG 32 CBG 33 CBG 34 CBG 35 CBG 36 CBG 37 CBG 38 CBG 39 CBG 41 CBG

Small arms	C9 machine-gun C7A1 rifle/C8A1 carbine/C7A2 rifle C6 machine-gun Browning .50 calibre heavy machine gun Browning-HP 9 mm pistol P225, 226 C15 Long Range Sniper Weapon (LRSW) C3A1 sniper rifle C14 Timberwolf C13 fragmentation grenade M203 grenade launcher M72 SRAAW(L)

Crewed weapons	Carl Gustav SRAAW(M) ERYX SRAAW(H) TOW LRAAW(H) 81 mm mortar 60 mm mortar Javelin short-range air defence missile Skyguard C1 close support howitzer C3 close support howitzer LG1 Mark II 105 mm towed howitzer M777 lightweight 155mm howitzer C16 CASW

Armoured fighting vehicles	LAV III Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle ADATS Leopard C2 Leopard 2 Bison APC M113A3 and MTVL RG-31 Textron TAPV

Schools	Canadian Army Command and Staff College Peace Support Training Centre Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre

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