By Jim Harris
Good Grief!
I thought we’d been transported to another planet – there were Green Monsters everywhere. Actually, I was at the 50th Anniversary Reunion of the Apprentice Training Squadron, Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering that took place at beautiful Chilliwack, BC on Thanksgiving weekend. Many will recall that the Sapper Apprentices were affectionately nicknamed “Green Monsters“ because of the green stripes worn on their epaulets.
On Friday 10…
Members of 14 Construction Engineering Squadron (14 CES) joined with members of LFAA and Maritime Forces Atlantic at the de Coste Center in Pictou NS on 9 May 2011 to mark the 18th anniversary of the un-veiling of a monument that honours the role of No. 2 Construction Battalion during the Great War of 1914-1919.
No. 2 Construction Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) was a segregated unit comprised of soldiers of African ancestry. In 1916 the Afro-Canadian…
Today, the CMEA National Executive Committee approved the establishment of two new CMEA chapters, one in Bagotville, QC and one in Cold Lake, AB. This brings the number of active CMEA Chapters across Canada to 14.
