National News

On 17 December 2023, Canadian Army Commander LGenl Jocelyn Paul announced the Canadian Army Reserve Commanding Officer and Regimental Sergeant Major appointments for the 2024 active posting season (APS).
As listed in CANFORGEN 194/23 “the following CME reserve…

2024 marks the 121^st 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…

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…

28 February 2024

Sapeur Camember was born on 29 February. He is a character in a comic book created in France by Georges Columb in 1896 and had only four birthdays over his career in the French Army.

Every four years, the newspaper,…

The CMEA has learned the following will be released or will retire. We wish them well in their new endeavours:

• After more than 29 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Military Engineer Branch, WO P.M.E. Brown, CD,…

The Government of Canada invites you to the commemorative ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Canadian Peacekeeping Operation in Cyprus.

The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs of the Republic of South Korea has announced the holding of the 2024 Youth Peace Camp for grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Korean War Veterans. The Youth Peace Camp is intended to pass down to future generations the bond…

16 February 2024

Thanks to the generous contributions of many military engineers from across our country, and the Canadian Military Engineers Association, the Engineer Oak for the Vimy Foundation Centennial Park in France is fully funded. The small team spearheading…

We have been advised by the Korean Defence Attaché Office that the 2024 Revisit Korea Program is now open for Canadian applications for the following events:  

• April: 6 persons (3 families) 
• July: 4 persons (2 families)…

This is the fourth of five articles by Lieutenant-Colonel Don Kennedy, CD (Ret'd) in which he related his personal and professional connections with the former home of the Engineers. More will follow.

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