Newsletter of 32 Combat Engineer Regiment - May 2017
32 CER has published another excellent newsletter with photos and articles:
Command Team - Commanding Officer’s Message
BGen R.W. DesLauriers, OMM, CD (Ret.) - 32 Combat Engineer Regiment Honorary Colonel
Vimy Ridge - Summary of Operations, 2nd Field Company, Canadain Engineers, 9th and 10 of April 1917
Exercise Sapper Zipline
Depart with Dignity Ceremonies
Lieutenant Andy Wong, CD
Master Corporal Brittany Lamb
Master…
The CME Family has recently been formally advised by Veterans Affairs Canada that the Government of Canada is now planning an overseas event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid. An official Government of Canada delegation will be travelling from 16 to 21 August 2017 to attend remembrance ceremonies and events at a number of sites in northern France. We have been invited to nominate a Second World War Veteran who served at Dieppe to join the Government of Canada…
These photos show the progress of a 500-man RTC* built on the outer perimeter of Latvian Military Camp Kadaga as part of the EFP* Latvia Theater Opening (TO). As of 25 Apr 2017, 4 ESR has deployed a Squadron to the Joint Task Force Support Component TO team including Field Engineers and Tradesman. The TO deployment to Latvia marks 4 ESR’s 25th deployment of a troop or more in 25 years of existence as a Regiment.
* Re-locatable Temporary Camp
* Enhanced Force…
The following article originally appeared in the Canadian Military Families Magazine (http://cmfmag.ca/latest_stories/caf-combat-shooting-team-on-target-at-r…) and is republished here to highlight Lt. Matthew Clancey, of 4 Engineer Support Regiment who the Team Captain of Canadian Armed Forces Combat Shooting Team (CAFCST).
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces Combat Shooting Team (CAFCST) made their country proud at the internationally exclusive, annual marksmanship…
Sappers from 5 RGC, 31 CER, 32 CER, 33 CER on the completed “Pont Castor” with the “rescued” fire truck on completion of the build on 16 May 17 in Ville Laval, QC.
See the original story at https://cmea-agmc.ca/engineers-buld-bridge-ile-verte.
From the CBC:
More than 100 Canadian Forces engineers have been working around the clock building a new temporary bridge on Île-Verte, to restore road access to part of the island, after the regular bridge was heavily damaged by flooding.
Île-Verte, an island that is part of Laval, has been experiencing major flooding and dozens of residents have had to evacuate. Residents on the eastern part of the island have only been able to access the rest of Île-Verte by boat…
Applications for the CMEA Bursary Program for 2017 are due by 15 September 2017. See https://cmea-agmc.ca/cmea-bursary-program for entry requirements and application details.
A husband-and-wife team of WW I researchers in Belgium have helped identify the location of a WW I Sapper Officer attached to the Royal Flying Corps whose final resting place, until recently, was only “Known unto God”.
Lieutenant Lindsay Drummond was a student at Upper Canada College from 1906-1911 and then attended the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston where he graduated with Honours in Civil Engineering. After graduating from RMC in 1914 he joined 1st Field…
Details of the 2017 Support Our Troops Scholarship Program available to families of currently serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and veterans for the 17/18 academic year have been distributed across the normal channels. This program is made possible through Support Our Troops, the official charity of the CAF Community.
Support Our Troops is supported by donations from individual Canadians, contributions from third party events and external organisations and…
Article by David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen, 29 April 2017
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…
