Re-printed from Army News
Windsor, Ontario — The city of Windsor has unveiled the first fixed monument erected in a Canadian city to honour Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan. The Afghanistan and Peacekeepers’ Monument, unveiled on September 7, 2014, in Reaume Park on the banks of the Detroit River, is also the first in Canada to honour fallen peacekeepers and soldiers on one monument.
"I think it is wonderful and very apt that the new monument shares with…
On the 19th of June 2014, the Edmonton Chapter held our second CMEA golf tournament. During the event we raised $4390.65. We donated $3500.00 to Valour Place and $750.00 to the Cpl Turner fund.
The CMEA and our parent association, the Conference of Defence Associations (CDA), fully support the recent federal response to the third report from the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. The government has laid out a process to implement recommendations from the report, The New Veteran's Charter: Moving Forward, and will initially take action to address issues surrounding veterans who are seriously ill or wounded and their families. Full details are included in the…
The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the First World War. Bruce MacDonald, a recently retired high school Social Studies teacher in Nova Scotia, has created a blog to share the stories of the war's Guysborough County veterans, while providing background information related to their experiences. We have posted links to his stories on our site. Visit our page Stories About or By Sappers.
Former CDS Paul Manson makes a case for today's need for a new way for Canada’s military veterans to express their needs, concerns, and ambitions. In an editorial piece currently circulating among a number of veterans organizations, Mr. Manson makes a forceful argument for the establishment of a new structure to gather the many and varied veterans organizations under one lead to present their concerns in a convincing and forceful, yet constructive, way to seek solutions from…
OTTAWA – Major-General Paul Wynnyk assumed the role of Commander Canadian Forces Intelligence Command (CFINTCOM) and Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI) today from Major-General Christian Rousseau. The change of command ceremony was held at the Cartier Drill Hall and was attended by Richard B. Fadden, Deputy Minister of National Defence, and presided over by General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff.
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On Friday, June 20, 2014 the Governor General presided over an Order of Military Merit investiture ceremony. Among those invested into the order were the following Military Engineers:
Brigadier-General Karl McQuillan, O.M.M., C.D
Captain Kirk Darch, M.M.M., C.D.
CWO Daryl Foster, MMM, CD
CWO Carl Kletke, M.M.M., C.D
Capt Celine Best from 4ESR, Gagetown and Maj Claire Bramma from CFINTCOM HQ, Ottawa finished 1st and 2nd respectively in the half-marathon event at the CAF Running Nationals. See more about the Running Nationals at CMEA News Brief and Chimo Communiqués for 24 June 2014.
RCAF Construction Engineer Places First in CAF 5K Race at Running Nationals Captain Craig Fettes, from the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Directorate of Air Support in Ottawa, finished first in the 5‐kilometre event at the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Running Nationals on May 24, 2014.
Captain Craig Fettes (right) with the Canadian Armed Forces Running Patron, Brigadier‐General Alain Pelletier. The CAF Running Nationals brings together many elite athletes for its 5‐…
