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,…
NDHQ has recently announced the following appointments of CME Colonels and General Officers:
Brigadier-General M. Misener will be promoted to the rank of Major-General and will be appointed as Commander First Canadian Division, in Kingston ON, replacing Major-General J.S.S.D. Fortin.
Brigadier-General Jayne will be promoted to the rank of Major-General and appointed as Chief of Staff, Assistant Deputy Minister Information Management (ADM IM), in Ottawa ON, replacing Major-…
Beginning in the fall of 1944 through the spring of 1945, close to 175,000 Canadians took part in the campaign to liberate the Netherlands. More than 7,600 made the ultimate sacrifice.
Learn more about Canada’s involvement in the Liberation of the Netherlands.
The well-being of Veterans and staff is of utmost importance. In line with advice about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from various health and safety authorities, the Government of Canada will not be sending a…
The following Canadian Military Engineer chief warrant officers have been assigned to senior appointments as noted:
Senior Appointments:
CWO A.L. Boucher will be appointed Canadian Army Reserve Sergeant Major, in Ottawa, replacing CWO K.D. Clapham
CWO J.H. Ellis will be appointed Canadian Forces Intelligence Group Headquarters Chief Warrant Officer, in Ottawa, replacing CWO J.C. Church
CWO C.A. Kletke will be appointed 33 Canadian Brigade Group Sergeant Major, in Ottawa,…
