The Bank of Canada has decided to put a new face on the five-dollar bill and are accepting recommendations for great Canadians worthy of consideration.
There are many great Canadians worthy of consideration including Sergeant Tommy Prince—a great Indigenous Canadian who embodies duty, courage, bravery, and patriotism.
Many of our members will know that one of the most distinguished soldiers in the 1st Special Service Force was Sgt. Tommy Prince. What you may not know is…
Extracted from story by Terry Roberts
CBC News · Posted: Jun 29, 2020 6:00 AM NT
According to research by CBC News and the Royal Canadian Legion, there are now an estimated two dozen living Second World War veterans in the province of Newfoundland Labrador. The collective energy of the thousands of men and women from Newfoundland and Labrador who took part in the Second World War is rapidly fading, as the end of an era approaches. Just as they had in the…
Earlier this year, the CMEA published a short article describing Capt Deane Gorsline’s fight against ALS with an appeal to help as you can through a Go Fund Me campaign initiated by his friends. Deane was diagnosed with ALS in Christmas 2018. He is a 29 year-old Engineer officer currently based in Ottawa. He had previously served with 1 Combat Engineer Regiment. This is truly unfortunate, especially given his strong character. He is a fighter who does not back down…
The attached letter from the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services, announces details of the 2020 Support Our Troops Scholarship Program available to families of currently serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and veterans for the 20/21 academic year. This program is made possible through Support Our Troops, the official charitable cause of the CAF Community. Support Our Troops is supported by donations from individual…
Written By: Cpl Milne
Photo By: Sgt Burke
2020 has proven to be a very busy year for the members of 8 Wing Trenton’s Construction Engineering Support Flight’s Fire Prevention Office (FPO). Having the responsibility of providing fire prevention and education to the largest and busiest airbase in all of Canada keeps the Inspectors extremely busy. Aside from building inspections, the FPO is also responsible for: reviewing plans for all building projects, providing…
Written By: Capt Mahon
Photo By: Sgt Zehr
The Aircraft Arresting Systems (AAS) Section of the 86 Airfield Support Utilities (ASU) Flight plays an essential role in the operation success of the RCAF CF-18. During the uncertain times following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Canada and around the world, the AAS Section was tasked with preparing two sets of Mobile Aircraft Arresting Systems (MAAS) and two sets of Mobile Runway Edge Sheaves (MRES). The MAAS is installed in…
The non-profit organisation ‘Faces to Canadian War Graves Groesbeek’, as part of the Faces to Graves project in the Netherlands, aims to publish a short story of every one of the soldiers buried in Groesbeek. Their latest newsletter is HERE .Their partnership with Holten and Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemeteries will eventually realise a database for all of some 2700 Canadian soldiers who are buried in the three Canadian War Cemeteries in The Netherlands or whose…
LCol D.J.J. Foreman, OMM, CD (Ret'd) has just published his second coffee table book “50 Years of Airborne Sappers” that you can see by clicking here. This is Doug’s second venture into publishing and follows the success of his book “50 Years of Combat Diving in the Canadian Army.”
Doug is as passionate about Airborne Sappers as he is about Combat Divers and this started at the outset of his career in the Canadian Military Engineers. While at Military College as…
This article is reprinted from the McLean's Magazine archives dated 15 December 1943. It tells of story of hard sapper work during the late autumn of 1943 in the rain and mud of southern Italy. It also tells of bravery under fire telling describing the exploits of Cpl Pat Patriquin, MM and L/Cpl Albert Irvine who won an MM later in the war.
29 Apr: Canadian Military Engineers deployed on Op REASSURANCE in the National Support Element, Task Force Latvia, celebrated CME Day by hosting a dinner of grilled cheese, soup, and beaver cake! The event was attended by logisticians, electrical mechanical engineers, military police, and PSP staff that make up the National Support Element, as well as engineers throughout Task Force Latvia. While the dinner of grilled cheese, tomato soup, and chocolate cake was simple one,…
