Land Force Atlantic Area

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Land Force Atlantic Area is responsible for army operations of Canadian Forces Land Force Command in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. LFAA is headquartered at CFB Halifax.

1 Regular Forces
2 Reserve Forces
3 Abbreviations
4 See also

[edit] Regular Forces

4th Air Defence Regiment, RCA		CFB Gagetown
4 Engineer Support Regiment		CFB Gagetown
3 Area Support Group		CFB Gagetown
Atlantic Area Training Centre		CFB Gagetown
Atlantic Area Training Centre Detachment		Aldershot

A mechanized infantry battalion (2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment) is also stationed at CFB Gagetown, but it is part of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, not Land Force Atlantic area.

[edit] Reserve Forces

36 Canadian Brigade Group		Halifax
The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)	Reconnaissance	Charlottetown and Summerside
1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA		Halifax and Yarmouth
84th Independent Field Battery, RCA		Yarmouth
45 Field Engineer Squadron		Sydney
The Princess Louise Fusiliers	Dismounted infantry	Halifax
The West Nova Scotia Regiment	Dismounted infantry	Aldershot, Windsor and Middleton
1st Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North)	Dismounted infantry	Truro, New Glasgow, Springhill, Pictou and Amherst
2nd Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton)	Dismounted infantry	Sydney, North Sydney and Glace Bay
33 (Halifax) Service Battalion		Halifax
35 (Sydney) Service Battalion		Sydney
33 Medical Platoon		Halifax
30 Dental Platoon		Halifax
30 Military Police Company		Lower Sackville
36 Canadian Brigade Group Band		Halifax
37 Canadian Brigade Group		Moncton
8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)	Armoured	Moncton and Sussex
3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA		"The Loyal Company". Saint John
56 Field Engineer Squadron		St. John's
1st Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York)	Dismounted infantry	Fredericton, Edmundston, Grand Falls and Saint John, New Brunswick
2nd Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (North Shore)	Dismounted infantry	Bathurst, Newcastle and Campbellton
1st Battalion, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment	Dismounted infantry	St. John's, Newfoundland
2nd Battalion, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment	Dismounted infantry	Grand Falls, Corner Brook and Stephenville
31 (Saint John) Service Battalion		Saint John, New Brunswick
32 (Moncton) Service Battalion		Moncton
36 (Newfoundland) Service Battalion		St. John's, Newfoundland
Non-brigaded units
3 Intelligence Company		Halifax
5th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group		30 patrols, various locations in Newfoundland and Labrador