Originally published in eVeritas June 2010 

22807 Capt Michelle Whitty (RMC 2004) is a civil engineer and Combat Engineer Officer currently at the Mapping and Charting Establishment (MCE) which provides Geospatial Information and Geomatics Support to the Canadian Forces. She recently returned from a six-month tour of duty to Kandahar Airfield (KAF) as the Battle Group Engineer Plans Officer. In battle, the primary role of Engineers is to help the army live, move and fight while denying the same to the enemy. Capt Whitty conducted the coordination for the Field Engineer Squadron within the Battle Group; she ensured the engineer troops had the resources needed, at the right place and at the right time to properly support the entire Battle Group. While in KAF she was presented her General Campaign Star by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General.

Since graduating from RMC, Capt Michelle Whitty has continued to be heavily involved with the military swimming and lifesaving program. She has participated in many Conseil International de Sport Militaire (CISM) events over the past several years and continues to swim in Ottawa. Immediately after graduating from RMC, Capt Michelle Whitty stayed at RMC in 2005/6 to earn a Master of Applied Science in Civil Engineering. Her thesis involved the development of a physiological three-dimensional finite element model of a human tibia. Her research applied traditional civil engineering methods to the human body. The biomedical theme was a precursor to her current occupational transfer from Combat Engineering to the medical field. In September 2010 she will be starting her studies at the University of Ottawa to become a military doctor.