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…
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MWO Bernier-Beaulieu
Sergeant Major Construction Engineering Flight / 2 Mission Support Squadron / 2 Wing Bagotville
As a member of 3 Wing, CFB Bagotville, Cpl Kevin Harrisson was deployed on OP REASSURANCE Romania from 16 August to 6 September 2021 to support 2 Wing’s dealing with Air Field Activation and Surge Team (AFAST) as a CE ED Tech.
OPERATION REASSURANCE – Romania is the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) contribution under the North Atlantic Treaty…
The webpage Building a Career as a Construction Technician, tells the story of how Corporal Jeff Pesklevits, a Reserve Armoured Reconnaissance Crewman with the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own) completed an occupational transfer to Construction Technician and is now is employed full-time (Class B) as a carpenter at 192 Construction Engineering Flight (CEF) in Aldergrove, British Columbia. Cpl Pesklevits explains the hows, whats and whys of his new…
The following was received this morning from Paul Culliton, the producer of "Clearing the Way"
To : Friends of "Clearing the Way" & "If I Should Fall"
(See FB pages of same names).
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I am pleased to present to you for this Remembrance Day. A video excerpt from our first Afghan War Doc; "If I Should Fall".
"If I Should Fall" is the story of the life and death of Trooper Marc Diab, Royal Canadian Dragoons, KIA, 7 March 2009. It is a reflection of the experience…
The CMEA congratulates all the following recipients:*
Brigadier-General Derek Dickson Basinger, O.M.M., C.D., Office of the Chief of Force Development, Ottawa, Ontario
Warrant Officer Marty Charles Gratrix, M.M.M., C.D., 39 Combat Engineer Regiment, Chilliwack, British Columbia
Warrant Officer Warren Bradley James, M.M.M., C.D., 1 Engineer Support Unit, Kingston, Ontario
Master Warrant Officer Michael George Lowe, M.M.M., C.D., 4 Engineer Support…
