In this Issue:
President’s Report
Honours And Awards
Robbie Burns Dinner
44 ES 75th Anniversary
Veteran Affairs
Membership
39 CER Association Contacts
President's Report
Hi all, 2024 seems to be year for change. Leadership courses will be run at the unit level and reserve members filling in vacant Regular Positions will challenge the Regiment. The
Association will be focusing on fund raising from outside sources so that we are more able to assist the Regiment in…
Report on the Conference of Defence Associations AGM – 6 March 2024
The President, Louis Myre, and I, the Executive Director, attended the CDA Annual Meeting on 6 March 2024. It was hosted in the KPMG Boardroom at 150 Elgin Street, Ottawa. The meeting was well attended with representatives from 34 of the 40 member associations. The CDA has grown over the past year with eight new member associations including St John’s Ambulance, Wounded Warriors, Treble…
The CME would like to announce the release or retirement of the following members:
After more than 41 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Military Engineer Branch, Sgt R.A. Hanbidge, CD, will retire on 29 April 2024. Anecdotes and well wishes may be sent to Capt Dave Tessier at : Tessier Capt DJE@CANSOFCOMM@Ottawa-Hull or David.Tessier@forces.gc.ca
After more than 29 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian…
Last July, our Colonel Commandant, MGen Daniel Benjamin, unveiled a monument to the efforts of the Royal Canadian Engineers during Operation HUSKY. To refresh your memory, recall that during the night of 21 / 22 July 1943, the 3rd Field Company, in support of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade's attack on the hilltop town of Leonforte, built the first Bailey Bridge of the war under fire and ensured a Canadian victory.
A Bailey Bridge panel, memorial plaque,…
Article by Capt Kyle Ho, Real Property Operations Unit (West)
The significance of supporting hand-to-hand combat training cannot be overstated in the dynamic landscape of military operations, where adaptability is critical. This specialized skillset enhances soldiers’ capabilities, ensuring they are well-prepared for diverse and unpredictable situations. Realizing the need for unarmed combat training within 1 Canadian Mechanized Battle Group (1 CMBG), Real Property…
Members of the Victoria Chapter of the CMEA gathered in Victoria during a west coast visit by CME Colonel Commandant MGen (Ret’d) Daniel Benjamin, CMM, CD, and CME Branch Chief, CWO Darrel Jones, CD. The gathering took place at the Ukrainian-Canadian Cultural Center of Vancouver Island with a traditional Ukrainian dinner, marking the second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine and the tenth year since the annexation of Crimea.
Coming out of the pandemic, like many chapters…
2024 marks the 121st birthday of the Canadian Military Engineers. The CMEA National Executive welcomes all our Chapters to share with us their plans to celebrate so that we can advertise them on our website and News Brief. Sharing your plans qualifies you for a subsidy of $100 to help celebrate our birthday. Let us know the details and we will help get the news out to the CME family. To receive your grant, send your plans to Chapter Liaison.
To date, we…
At the end of Chronicle 4, I stated that there were a lot of topics, beyond fishing, that might interest members of the Corps that had served or trained at the Home Station in Vedder Crossing. So, again, this chronicle may seem more of a tourist travel log than a historical meandering of things RCE, but I hope that I hit a couple of memory buttons. That is, herein there may be items of interest to those planning to visit the Greater Chilliwack Area (GCA) or mayhaps move “…
Article by: Capt Kyle Ho, Real Property Operations Unit (West)
Exercise STRONG CONTENDER (Ex SC) is an annual exercise led by 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1CMBG) in Edmonton. It brings all units together with the purpose of building team cohesion through sports competition. Besides traditional sports, such as hockey, soccer, and powerlifting, Canadian Armed Forces (CAFs) have embraced a new Combat Sport which is not readily known to many. Ex SC has expanded to…
Cyprus 2024 is the 60th anniversary of Operation SNOWGOOSE, plus the 50th anniversary of a forgotten war. Led by ‘those who were there’, this pilgrimage will reunite Veterans of Cyprus and their families. The program includes: speakers, exhibits, site visits, cultural excursions, interaction with Cypriots who lived through the conflict, and camaraderie. You will meet soldiers serving today and share your experiences with British, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Austrian…
