39 Combat Engineer Regiment held its annual D-Day Dinner on Saturday, June 8 and it was a great success. This year the format was a Mess Dinner as opposed to a mixed dining-in as in other years.
Forty-four people attended the dinner and contingents from 15 Field RCA band and the J.P Fell band provided music. Also, the museum was open and visited by many guests who remarked on the changes that have taken place over the last year.
Two very special World War II guests were…
At a most impressive event in Ottawa on 25 April Mrs Shirley O’Connell, the “Izzy Doll Mama,” was presented with the “Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers” on behalf of the Governor General of Canada.
The Citation reads:
"In 2005, “Izzy Doll Mama” Shirley O'Connell took up the reins of this project that, in conjunction with related groups, has delivered more than 1.5 million knitted Izzy Dolls to children living in inhospitable conditions. She promotes the program, leads…
This site now provides RSS Feeds to help you stay up to date with CMEA news and events.
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Captain Orville Fisher (Ret'd), one of Canada's most renowned war artists, was the only allied war artist to take part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, coming ashore with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. There is a Sapper connection. Already an accomplished and successful artist, he joined the Canadian Army in 1940 as a Sapper in the Royal Canadian Engineers. After officer training in 1942, he was sent to the Army Historical Section as a war artist.…
On 27 May 2019, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada Julie Payette, inducted 41 military personnel into the Order of Military Merit. Among the recipients was CFSME's School Chief Warrant Officer, Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Roger Dominic Lapointe, MMM, CD.
Congratulations CWO Lapointe!
Le 27 mai 2019, Julie Payette, gouverneure générale et commandante en chef du Canada, a investi 41 personnes de l’Ordre du mérite militaire.
L’adjuc Joseph Roger Dominic…
In preparation for the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landing, the CBC ran a story about the Project ’44 online commemoration project of the Canadian Research and Mapping Association (CRMA).
The CRMA is launching a massive initiative to help commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Normandy on the web later this summer. The research team is currently in Normandy to take part in the celebrations over the next week. (see Mapping the…
17 May 2019, Kingston, ON
27766 Officer Cadet Ross Raymond Steeves of Bath, NB, was presented the MGen Stewart Trophy by Richard Dickson (Ret'd), President of the CMEA, and Col Chris Ayotte, Director of Cadets, at his graduation from the Royal Military College of Canada. The trophy is awarded to the top Military Engineer cadet in his graduating year whose occupation classification is Engineer or Construction Engineer. Sponsored by the Canadian Military Engineer…
As tribute to a recently deceased member of the Canadian Military Engineer family, Major-General F.J. Chagnon and the C&E Association acknowledges the impact that The Late CME Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques Hamel, OMM, CD, PEng (Ret’d) had as the cornerstone of the C4ISR community for more than a decade.
See: Obituary Notice – LCol (Ret’d) Jacques Hamel, OMM, CD
The 2019 Bursary Program is now open for applications. A total of $13,500 is available in separate $1500 bursary. See below for details.
Applications are open to any CMEA member or a dependent of a current or deceased CMEA member.
The applicant must have completed or be in his or her final year of secondary schooling and preparing to attend or continuing a program at a certified post-secondary educational institution such as an institute of higher learning…
Par : SLt Moreau-Beaudry
Du 2 au 4 avril dernier se déroulait la Beaver Cup sur la base militaire de Valcartier. Cet évènement regroupait les membres de la famille des ingénieurs qui provenaient de différentes bases du Québec et de l’Ontario pour un tournoi amical de hockey. L’Édition 2019 comprenait 7 équipes provenant d’Ottawa, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec et Bagotville.Hautement motivé, l’Adjudant Virdi de la 3e Escadre s’est grandement impliqué dans l’…
