Colonel Jennie Carignan will become the world's first combat arms general later this month when she is promoted to Brigadier General. McLean's magazine has written an extensive story about her at http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/jennie-carignan-will-be-the-first-fe….
14 Construction Engineering Squadron (CES) attended Deployment for Training (DFT) in Fort Indiantown Gap, PA (FTIG) on 12-26 May, 2016. The squadron sent equal representation from each of its four CE Reserve flights - 91 CEF Gander, 143 CEF Lunenburg, 144 CEF Pictou, 192 CEF Aldergrove – to conduct training at FTIG. A total of 30 members from 14 CES attended the DFT.
Fort Indiantown Gap (FTIG) is known as one of the “Big Three” National Guard training posts in the United…
Sgt. Lyle Crispin served for nearly twenty years in the Engineers. He started in 44 Fd Engr Sqn in Trail, BC in 1984 and transferred to the Regular Forces in 1987. He served three tours during his career - Cyprus, Kuwait, and Yugoslavia. Crispin retired in Gagetown in the early 2000s, moving back to his hometown of Rossland, BC.
Lyle was diagnosed with PTSD due to his service. Not long after retiring from the military, Crispin turned towards athletics as medication for his…
Hailing from Grimsby, Ontario, Mark Hoogendoorn is a combat engineer in the Canadian Army.
MCpl. Hoogendoorn lost his leg to an improvised explosive device (IED) while serving in Afghanistan. He will be competing in powerlifting at the Invictus Games 2016!
I AM ATHLETIC
#IAM #InvictusGames #JeuxInvictus
(from a Facebook Post 9 May 16)
Michael Cotts served as a combat engineer in the Canadian Army. Through the course of his duties, he... was diagnosed with PTSD. Mr. Cotts will be competing in discus at the Invictus Games 2016! He currently lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
I AM A CHAMPION
Michael Cotts a servi comme sapeur de combat dans l’Armée canadienne. Au cours de son service, il a reçu un diagnostic d’ESPT. M. Cotts participera aux épreuves de lancer du disque aux Jeux Invictus de 2016. Il réside…
The CME was not simply created, it has evolved over the last century, and the CME birthday reflects two significant events. The Engineers existed in the form of militia even prior to Confederation, however, 1 July 1903, when the Regular component of the corps was authorized under the designation Canadian Engineer Corps, is considered the birth date of the CME. The birthday is not celebrated on this date, but is celebrated on or about 29 April, recognizing 29 April 1936 when…
The Canadian Military Engineers are pleased to advise that the Government of France has presented the National Order of the Legion of Honour to Sapper Ralph Hebb, a WW II Royal Canadian Engineer veteran and a participant in the Battle of the Liberation of France.
Sapper Hebb served with the 10th Field Park Company during the Second World War. He landed in Normandy on D plus 5 and saw action in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. His company supported the 23rd Field…
Message from the Editor Capt Donavon Boyd
Welcome to the 2015 Military Mapper (which can be downloaded using the link below). I hope that you will find it entertaining and informative. The theme for this year is Relevance. 2015’s articles are all about how our actions this year have set the conditions for Military Mapping in the years to come. I was in a quite unique situation too where, as I was editing articles, I was repeatedly struck by confusion, thinking to…
