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Approximately 50 members of 4 Engineer Support Regiment (4 ESR) left for Latvia Saturday for Operation REASSURANCE, the Canadian military’s contribution to NATO assurance measures in Central and Eastern Europe.

The group of soldiers from 4 ESR’s Vertical Construction Squadron will be constructing a 500-person camp facility that will serve as a base of operations for the Battle Group that will arrive in the area of operations later this year.

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4 ESR, based out of 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, is the Canadian Army’s high readiness engineering unit that specializes in building and establishing facilities that support Canadian military operations in Canada and around the world, according to the military’s news release.