Dates: 1986 -
The Military Works Force (MWF) was renamed 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group in April 2005.
Our remit is to deliver infrastructure engineering support to deployed joint task forces. Since 1986 we have been located in Chilwell, Nottingham.
Over recent years we have been very heavily committed to Operational duties in Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan. We currently have a presence established in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition to our Operational commitments we provide essential design support to ongoing Joint Force Enabling Exercises in a variety of demanding locations worldwide in order to train and practice other elements of the Corps in Force Support Engineering.
Recent deployments include Kenya, Ghana, Nepal, Brunei, Ascension Islands, Falkland Islands and Belize. The prime building block for supporting operational deployments is the Specialist Team Royal Engineers (Works). These teams, once deployed, can call forward in depth expertise from teams that specialise in Materials Testing, Water Development, Power Infrastructure and Bulk Petroleum.
In addition an important element of our structure is our Territorial Army (TA) community, 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group (Volunteers), consisting of teams covering Water Infrastructure, Power Infrastructue, Fuels Infrastructure, Rail Infrastructure, Ports Infrastructure and Works teams similar to those of the regular Army.
These TA teams provide essential support to Exercises and Operations and have a wealth of knowledge and experience available to them. In total the unit will comprise some 800 personnel once our ongoing establishment enhancements are complete.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving Engineer Group
" A British dive team from the Royal Engineers has recently helped recover the bodies of two US Airborne soldiers from a river in the north west of Afghanistan. The British soldiers, who are all currently deployed on Op HERRICK 11 with 28 Engineer Regiment as part of 11 Light Brigade, were ..."
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" Op OMID HAFT clears insurgents from Loy Mandeh area of Afghanistan
British forces from all three Services have supported hundreds of Afghan soldiers in carrying out a major operation to clear insurgents from one of their last remaining strongholds in central Helmand.
Operation OMID HAFT was ..."
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" As part of the first tranche of Army unit moves confirmed by the MOD today as part of the Defence Rebasing Programme, 1,800 troops based in Germany will from January 2012 be brought back to the UK. Soldiers of 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment Soldiers of 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment ..."
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