This issue covers the 39 CER participation in OP LENTUS during the Fraser Valley Floods. Other topics include:
President’s Report
Honours & Awards
Soldier Appreciation Dinners
Regimental Chaplain
Cadets
Membership
39 CER Association Contacts
During the pandemic, Canadian Forces units have been forced to conduct Professional Development on a remote basis.
To support this effort both Clearing the Way and our first documentary, If I Should Fall, are available to units on a complimentary basis.
Released in 2011, If I Should Fall is a multiple award-winning documentary film that explores the experience of death, loss and grief upon comrades, family and friends, through the life and death of Trooper Marc…
New Year’s Message from the CME Colonel Commandant
2021 was a very challenging year as Branch members completed their tasks, be it at home or abroad, while operating in a risky environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Needless to say, you succeeded greatly and the Branch leadership is very proud of your accomplishments. 2022 is now underway and I would like to take this opportunity to offer you my best wishes and a very happy New Year. Given the ongoing vaccination efforts…
On 30 October 2021, 39 Brigade welcomed two honoraries to 39 CER. Pictured are Brigade Sergeant Major CWO Gerald Colgan and Brigade Commander Col Scott Raisler with newly appointed HLCol Rebecca Weatherford and HCol Sharon Gaetz.
Biographies for each are available by clicking on their names below:
HCol Sharon Gaetz
HLCol Rebecca Weatherford
Each year, the CMEA awards a number of bursaries to association members or member's dependents who are pursuing post-secondary studies. Each bursary is named in memory of a distinguished military engineer to honour their significant contribution to the Canadian Military Engineers, the Canadian Armed Forces, or Canada during their lifetime. To date, the CMEA has awarded a total of $ 115,500 to further the educational needs of our members and their families.
The CMEA is…
In November 2021, 2 Combat Engineer Regiment participated in Exercise BOLD QUEST 21.2, an international exercise supported by the Canadian Land Warfare Centre designed to demonstrate and assess U.S. and coalition interoperability. The exercise continued to assess friendly force trackers (FFT) for both ground manoeuvre forces, as well as joint fires and air elements. The technologies that were tested are designed to allow friendly forces to increase lethality in an…
Veterans Affairs Canada and the Veterans Review and Appeal Board launched an accessibility consultation on 17 November with Veterans, their family members and other Canadians. We need your feedback to learn about any accessibility barriers you or others may experience.
Canada has a vision of its public service being the most accessible and inclusive in the world. This includes working with persons with disabilities to help identify, prevent and remove accessibility barriers…
On 11 November, CBC Radio in Ottawa interviewed two army veterans, LCol Steve Nolan and Col Mark Gasparatto. On this Remembrance Day after the Taliban regained control this past summer, two veterans of the war in Afghanistan reflect on their time in combat.
Go to https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-100-ottawa-morning/clip/15877844… listen to the interview.
There is also a written article, 'We did our best': Canadian veterans of Afghanistan reflect on a…
On this 100th anniversary of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance in Canada, it is fitting to recall the work of an Engineer. The story, James Melville, The man who brought the poppy to Canada, tell how Brigadier James Melville, a Royal Canadian Engineer veteran of two world wars and our first Colonel-Commandant, set up a workshop in Ottawa to employ disabled veterans. He got the manufacturing rights to the poppy symbol in the early 1920s so the lapel pins could be…
