By Capt JP Cote, Requirements Officer, Det Comox RP Ops (Pacific)
Real Property Unit (Pacific) were grateful to host at 19 Wing Refrigerant and Mechanic (RM) technicians On Job Training (OJT) on overhead hangar doors from 1 October to 4 November 2017. The hangar doors on the four Quick Reaction (QRA) hangars were in urgent need of maintenance before winter conditions arrive. These are the hangars where the CAF stages their fighters for quick reaction missions in support of…
CWO Troy Chiasson led in the presentation of CMEA Bursaries to three recipients connected to the NRC Chapter:
Daniel Mateus - MCpl C. Mateus-Rodriguez’s son (Ottawa)
Peter Berghuis – Maj H. Berghuis’ son (Ottawa)
Brianna Tremblay - Maj (Ret’d) S. Tremblay’s daughter (Ottawa)
A fourth bursay was awarded to Jaimie Hepditch - CWO Hepditch's daughter (Ottawa).
In Wainwright, MWO Kevin Legg, SSM RPOU (West) Det Wainwright presented the CMEA Bursary to Antoine Gendron…
Another year has gone by and our Canadian Military Engineer Community remains very strong. From opening new operations to fighting fires in Canadian communities, we continue to provide outstanding operational support to Canada.
While we enjoy the holidays with family and friends, we also remember those who are deployed far from home representing all Canadians. To you, we all extend our best wishes.
The Canadian Military Engineer remains a community of…
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…
