2024 marks the 121st birthday of the Canadian Military Engineers. The CMEA National Executive welcomes all our Chapters to share with us their plans to celebrate so that we can advertise them on our website and News Brief. Sharing your plans qualifies you for a subsidy of $100 to help celebrate our birthday.
To receive your grant, send your plans to Chapter Liaison.
CHIMO!
28 February 2024
Sapeur Camember was born on 29 February. He is a character in a comic book created in France by Georges Columb in 1896 and had only four birthdays over his career in the French Army.
Every four years, the newspaper, La Bougie du Sapeur, literally the Sapper's Candle, has been published in France on 29 February. The 12th Edition of the 20-page satirical newspaper, filled with puns, jokes, wordplay, and interviews, both true and false, and…
The CMEA has learned the following will be released or will retire. We wish them well in their new endeavours:
After more than 29 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Military Engineer Branch, WO P.M.E. Brown, CD, will retire on 17 April 2024. Anecdotes and well wishes may be sent to Sgt R.J.G. Piercey at Ronald.Piercey@forces.gc.ca.
After more than 26 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Armed Forces and the…
The Government of Canada invites you to the commemorative ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Canadian Peacekeeping Operation in Cyprus.
Wednesday, 13 March 2024 at 11 h
The Peacekeeping Monument
The Reconciliation
Sussex Drive and St. Patrick Street
Ottawa, ON
RSVP
The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs of the Republic of South Korea has announced the holding of the 2024 Youth Peace Camp for grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Korean War Veterans. The Youth Peace Camp is intended to pass down to future generations the bond that was forged during the Korean War between Korea and UN countries.
Three vacancies are to be allocated to Canada. Applicants must be the grandchild or great-grandchild of a Korean War veteran who is…
We have been advised by the Korean Defence Attaché Office that the 2024 Revisit Korea Program is now open for Canadian applications for the following events:
April: 6 persons (3 families)
July: 4 persons (2 families)
November: 4 persons (2 families)
These dates are not yet confirmed. The number of participants is very limited. Korean War Veterans will be given priority for these visits, but relatives of deceased Korean War veterans may apply.…
This is the fourth of five articles by Lieutenant-Colonel Don Kennedy, CD (Ret'd) in which he related his personal and professional connections with the former home of the Engineers. More will follow.
Chronicles from Vedder – Part 1 First Impressions
Chronicles from Vedder – Part 2 Domestic Site
Chronicles from Vedder – Part 3 Operational Site
Chronicles from Vedder – Part 4 "Oot & Aboot"
Chronicles from Vedder – Part 5 Hinterland Unlocked
Chronicles…
We often receive notice of retirements and releases that do not come with biographies. These are listed below:
Nous recevons souvent des avis de retraits et de sorties qui ne sont pas accompagnés de biographies. Ceux-ci sont listés ci-dessous :
12 January / janvier 2024
Barbour, Cpl S.W.D.
After more than 12 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Military Engineer Branch, Cpl S.W.D. Barbour, CD, retired on 08 November…
Article submitted by: Shereen Almosallem Co-op Student. Eng, Real Property Operations Unit (West), 15 Wing
In a significant effort to enhance service accessibility at the RP Ops Det base, Captain Besedin and WO White, members of the RP Ops unit at 15 Wing Moose Jaw, introduced the initial idea. Afterward, this idea thoroughly refined and executed by the Command team, has resulted in the implementation of a user-friendly solution for streamlined issue reporting—the Work…
This is the second in a four-part series by Lieutenant-Colonel Don Kennedy, CD (Ret'd) in which he related his personal and professional connections with the former home of the Engineers.
The heart and soul of the Chilliwack Home Station was always the terrain south of Keith Wilson Rd - that is, the military operational and training areas. There is a cast concrete 10-man Arctic tent near the All Sappers’ Cenotaph that pays tribute to all those robust Sappers that first…
