Originally published in eVeritas June 2010
22807 Capt Michelle Whitty (RMC 2004) is a civil engineer and Combat Engineer Officer currently at the Mapping and Charting Establishment (MCE) which provides Geospatial Information and Geomatics Support to the Canadian Forces. She recently returned from a six-month tour of duty to Kandahar Airfield (KAF) as the Battle Group Engineer Plans Officer. In battle, the primary role of Engineers is to help the army live, move and…
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Par Nicolas Laffont 1 février 2017
Ils étaient près de 4000 au début du processus, et désormais sur les 70 premiers candidats qui passent à l’étape 2 de sélection du prochain astronaute canadien, pas moins de 15 d’entre eux sont militaires des Forces armées canadiennes!
Les astronautes sont des explorateurs modernes. Ils naviguent courageusement autour de la Terre pour contribuer à l’acquisition de nouvelles connaissances scientifiques. Leur courage et…
Reprinted from Daily Commercial News
By Angela Gismondi, 1 February 2017
This is the first of a two-part Daily Commercial News series exploring military construction and engineering training exercises that are being conducted across Canada. The exercises are meant to ensure Canadian Armed Forces engineers and reserve force combat engineers are ready to serve the country by building the necessary infrastructure required for military operations at home or abroad. The first…
Reprinted from Daily Commercial News
By Angela Gismondi, 2 February 2017
This is the second and final article in a two-part Daily Commercial News series exploring military construction and engineering training exercises that are being conducted across Canada. The exercises are meant to ensure Canadian Armed Forces engineers and reserve force combat engineers are ready to serve the country by building the necessary infrastructure required for military operations at home…
Ottawa, 31 January 2017
The CDS has announced a number of promotions and appointments resulting from retirements. The following are the Engineer officers included in the list:
Brigadier-General J.S. Sirois was promoted to the rank of Major-General and was appointed Chief of Staff – Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure and Environment), at National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) in Ottawa, replacing Major-General K.D. McQuillan.
Colonel D.A. MacIsaac was promoted acting…
These are some of the Reunions and Birthday Celebrations occurring across the country this year. We will update this page as we receive news of more events.
They are listed starting from the West.Click for details.
Victoria, BC Victoria Chapter Dining and Hockey - 22 - 28 April 2017
Chilliwack, BC 43rd Annual Pacific Retired Sappers' Reunion - 2017
Edmonton, AB Alberta Retired Sappers' Birthday Lunch - 2017
Petawawa, ON 2 CER 40Twenty…
The Canadian Military Engineer Branch is pleased to announce the new Chief of Staff (Infrastructure and Environment) / Canadian Armed Forces Chief Military Engineer, MGen J. Sylvain Sirois, OMM, CD, effective 15 January 2017, replacing MGen K.D. McQuillan, OMM, CD who retired from CAF on 14 November 2016.
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Fifteen cadets from the Chilliwack-based 1725 Royal Canadian Engineer Cadet Corpswill be travelling to Europe in April, primarily to visit Vimy Ridge as part of the 100th Anniversary of that great battle.
The cadets will be in Europe for nine days and will not only tour Vimy, but visit Paris, Passchendaele, Ypres, and Brussels. During the Vimy portion of the trip, they will join an anticipated 25,000 fellow Canadians for this once-in-a-lifetime ceremony, celebrating Canada’s…
44 Field Squadron, based in Trail, BC supported the 31st Annual Gyros Polar Bear Swim yesterday. In preparation for the event, they build pathways to the river. On the day of the event, they helped sign-up participants and built a large fire the warm them after their plunge into the 40C water. Seventy-seven participants, including many from the Squadron, braved the Columbia's icy waters.
See the complete article in the Trail Times 2 Jan 2017 @ http://www.…
This article chronicles the last wish of Harold Moore who got to see Ottawa win another Grey Cup before he died on 11 December 2016. Harold died in Ottawa on 11 December 2016. He had served in the RCE from 1954 until retiring in 1967.
Reprinted from Ottawa Citizen 14 Dec 2016.
Article by WAYNE SCANLAN wscanlan@postmedia.com twitter.com/ hockeyscanner
65 Roses Club “president for life” Harold Moore waited 40 years for an Ottawa football team to win a Grey Cup again. The…
