Ms Yara Yara Shaath was awarded CMEA Gaspard Joseph Chassegros de Lery Memorial Bursary at 34 CER. Pictured here with (left to right), CWO Mike Golden, CD, RSM 34 CER; her father, Capt Badawy Shaath, CD; and LCol Dan A. Doran, MMM, CD, CO 34 CER.
See 2021 CMEA Memorial Bursary Winners for the full story.
Keeping in touch with our Sapper Korean War veterans has been made more difficult after the recent wind-down of the Korean Veterans Association. The CMEA has initiated an effort to improve the contact and communications among remaining Korean War veterans and within the CME Family. We also want to improve the CME Family awareness of the actions of the Royal Canadian Engineers during the Korean War and acknowledge the contributions and accomplishments of our Korean War veterans.
The CDAI Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence at the Chateau Laurier provided an ideal opportunity on 10 March for TD Insurance Meloche Monnex to present the CMEA with a cheque for $62,725.00 as part of our affinity relationship financial support for 2021. Since it was started nine years ago, TD Insurance Meloche Monnex has provided over $300,000 to the CMEA to fund many of our programs.
Our work on cataloguing the location of permanent Bailey Bridges in Canada has been turned up one notch with the publication of an illustrated web feature Bailey Bridges in Canada. So far, we have located more than 100 Bailey bridges - some having been constructed as early as 1948. We estimate that there may be up to 300 permanent Bailey bridges still in use across the country.
The Save Juno Beach campaign is citizen-driven - run by friends and proud supporters of the Juno Beach Centre in Normandy. Any donations go directly to the Juno Beach Centre Association (JBCA). It is a Canadian non-profit charitable corporation that owns and operates the Juno Beach Centre in Normandy.
Mission:
Commémorer la contribution du Canada à la mission de l’ONU à Chypre à l’occasion du 50e anniversaire de la guerre de 1974
Commemorate Canada’s contribution to the UN mission in Cyprus on the 50th anniversary of the 1974 war.
1 Engineer Support Unit (1 ESU) in Kingston has many Reserve positions, two of which are currently vacant and need to be filled. The Reserve Employment Opportunity (REO) for the Training Officer and CE SUPT positions are attached. The CE SUPT position has an approved cost move.
Over time, our Lost Trails feature has helped reconnect many members with old friends and comrades. We invite you to take a look at the list and send us any news that will help close these cases. If you have someone you want to re-connect with, simply fill in the form on the Lost Trails page you can click near the bottom of the membership menu.
Captain Philippe Bolduc was recently deployed on Operation IMPACT (Op IMPACT) between Nov 2020 - Apr 2021 as the Construction Engineer Troop Commander (CE TP Comd) within the Operation Support Hub - Southwest Asia (OSH-SWA) in Camp Canada, Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. He has written a full account of his experiences on that tour describing the significant contribution of construction engineers deployed on that mission.