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…
Among other things, this Newsletter covers Exercise HAIDA SAPPER describing how sappers from 39 CER traveled to the far reaches of Haida Gwaii to construct an Arrow bridge to replace an old bridge and other infrastructure upgrades in support of Canadian Forces Detachment Masset, a remote communication site supporting Canadian Forces Station Leitrim in Ottawa. Along for the journey were a number of military units across the Western Region of Canada, including…
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As commander of NATO Mission Iraq from November 2019 to November 2020, Major-General Carignan provided inspired leadership during a turbulent and dangerous period, working tirelessly to maintain the political and military viability of the mission. She provided key advice to the Alliance’s civilian and military leadership to help them develop future options for NATO in Iraq, while serving as their trusted agent in interactions with senior Iraqi government and…
An appropriate Change of Appointment Ceremony to thank BGen Steve Irwin for his service and to welcome MGen Daniel Benjamin into his new position was delayed by COVID-19. Finally, on 4 November 2021, MGen Kevin Horgan and CWO Stacy Merriam were able to make the change-over official.
In front of a small audience, the outgoing and incoming Colonel Commandants signed the appropriate certificates in the Carling Building. As a way to cap a distinguished career, BGen…
