National Conference a Big Success

Published December 4, 2018

CMEA Crest

By David Burke, CMEA Executive Director

Last week on the 28th and 29th of November the CMEA hosted a very successful two-day conference at the Army Ottawa Officers’ Mess.  The theme of the conference was “Strong, Secure, Engaged – Canada’s New Defence Policy and the Engineers.”  Day One comprised formal presentations and discussions that examined the impact of the 2017 Strong, Secure, Engaged Defence Policy (SSE). And Day Two was a business meeting of the CMEA.

RCAF family visits Montenegro’s Battle of Mojkovac sites

Published November 9, 2018

This Remembrance Day, November 11, marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. In 2016, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force and his family visited the site of a First World War battle of which most Canadians are probably unaware. They also visited the graves of his ancestors.

“At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.”

By Captain Milovan Krgusic

Governor General to Invest 70 Recipients into the Order of Military Merit

Published November 6, 2018

6 November 2018

OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, will preside over an Order of Military Merit investiture ceremony at the Canadian War Museum, on Tuesday, November 6, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. The Governor General will bestow the honour on 1 Commander, 14 Officers and 55 Members.

Among these are the following members of the Canadian Military Engineers:

Sinai Spotlight – MFO Force Engineering Remote Site Construction Project Lead – Corporal Colton Larade

Published October 31, 2018

October 2018 – Corporal Colton Larade explains how all supplies used by troops working at Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) Remote Site are brought to the island by MFO Blackhawk helicopters. (Photo Credit: Captain Nicola LaMarre, Operation CALUMET Public Affairs Officer)

By Captain Nicola LaMarre, Operation CALUMET Public Affairs Officer

 Approaching the remote site, you can’t help but be struck by the rock, sand and lack of anything green on the island. For the past seven months, Corporal Colton Larade has worked tirelessly to improve the living and working conditions for personnel of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) who live at the remote observation post.

CME Museum Displays Capt Mitchell's Victoria Cross

Published October 24, 2018

Display of Capt Mitchell's Medals

To honour the night Captain Norman Mitchell performed the action for which he received the Victoria Cross, the Canadian Military Engineers Museum exhibited his medals in the lobby of The Mitchell Building.  On the night of 8-9 October 1918, One hundred years ago this month, Captain Mitchell, Sergeant Teddy Jackson, and Sappers Ed Murphy, Dan Smith, Alex Walker and Sapper Barbour successfully defended the Pont d’Aire at Cambrai preventing its demolition and allowing troops to advance into Cambrai that morning.

 

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