Col Kevin Horgan was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General on 22 November 2017 and appointed the Chief of Staff Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS). Click here for biography.
By: Maj Henry Berghuis, CF RP Ops Gp HQ Coordinator
A wildly important goal! That was the focus of a gathering of the CF Real Property Operations Group (RP Ops Gp) Command Team in Ottawa on 18 October 2017.
A wildly important goal is one so important that not achieving it makes other achievements inconsequential. This concept is covered in depth in the book The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Sean Convey and Chris McChesney.
Led by…
Newsletter of 32 Combat Engineer Regiment - September 2017
32 CER has published another excellent newsletter with photos and articles:
The Bailey Bridge - 2 FER Officers with Sir Donald Bailey, 1955
Exercise Ready Sapper Executrek - Report from HLCol Jim Caldwell
Operation Bye-Bye Bailey, Port Hope, Ontario - Tearing down the Barrett Street Bridge 12 - 14 May 2017
Op LENTUS 17- 03 Québec - Composite Reserve Engineer Squadron builds Ile Verte Bridge
Retirement of…
Reprinted from Queen's University Journal 11 November 2017 (http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2017-11-13/news/second-queens-remembe…)
Local veterans, military personnel and their families, as well as students and faculty from both Queen’s and RMC gathered on Nov. 11 for the unveiling of a commemorative plinth dedicated to the Fifth Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers.
Located at the intersection of Union and Fifth Field Company Lane, this plinth is the second…
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, presided over an Order of Military Merit investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall, on Friday, November 10, 2017. The Governor General bestowed the honour on 2 Commanders, seven Officers and 36 Members, of whom three were RCE members.
Master Warrant Officer Richard Joseph Rosaire Martin Bonenfant, M.M.M., C.D.
5 Combat Engineer Regiment
Courcelette, Quebec…
On 12 November 2017 a group of Dutch students from Saint Canisius high school in Tubbergen, The Netherlands, laid a wreath at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery on behalf of the CMEA. They represented a larger group of students who have been involved in the ongoing Give Every Stone a Story, Faces to Graves and Lest We Forget projects. These efforts aim to provide a story for every soldier buried in the cemetery and they work hard researching each Canadian life that…
Article by Bruce Deachman bdeachman@postmedia.com
Reprinted from the Ottawa Citizen, Published on November 10, 2017
To mark Canada’s sesquicentennial, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman met and photographed 150 people in the Ottawa area, encouraging them to tell their stories that, combined, painted an intimate portrait of the region and the people who live, work and play here. The series, which was published daily leading up to Canada Day, was called…
Reprinted from The News, Article by Fram Dinshaw Fram.dinshaw@ngnews.ca Originally published Nov. 8, 2017, 5:11 p.m. ( http://www.ngnews.ca/news/new-glasgow-army-captain-diving-deep-159819/ )
An army captain from New Glasgow is diving into the frigid waters near Sydney as he carries out a survey of the underwater infrastructure at the Coast Guard College in Westmount.
Josh Bennett from the 4 Engineer Support Regiment’s combat dive team is working…
By LCol John Summerfield (Retd)
I was honoured to be selected as the Governor Generals Foot Guards Regimental Association representative for the VAC trip and, as there was no official Canadian Engineer representative, I assumed that role.
The official Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) Vimy 100th Anniversary delegation, totalled over 140 with delegates, caregivers and support staff. The delegates consisted of the VAC Minister (Honourable Kent Hehr), the Deputy…
From National Defence
November 1, 2017 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces
Approximately 500 personnel from the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force will participate in Exercise NIHILO SAPPER 2017, a large construction engineering exercise taking place in various locations throughout Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, from November 1 to 20, 2017.
The exercise provides hands-on technical training to regular and reserve force military…
