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October 2018 – Corporal Colton Larade explains how all supplies used by troops working at Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) Remote Site are brought to the island by MFO Blackhawk helicopters. (Photo Credit: Captain Nicola LaMarre, Operation CALUMET Public Affairs Officer)

Wed, 10/31/2018 - 12:00

By Captain Nicola LaMarre, Operation CALUMET Public Affairs Officer

Approaching the remote site, you can’t help but be struck by the rock, sand and lack of anything green on the island. For the past seven months, Corporal Colton…

Wed, 10/24/2018 - 12:00

To honour the night Captain Norman Mitchell performed the action for which he received the Victoria Cross, the Canadian Military Engineers Museum exhibited his medals in the lobby of The Mitchell Building. On the night of 8-9 October 1918, One hundred years ago this…

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Mon, 10/22/2018 - 12:00

On this date in 1943, an enemy patrol infiltrated behind a party of Sappers maintaining a river crossing near Colle d'Anchise in Italy. The section commander, A/Cpl M.H. Patriquin was awarded the Military Medal for putting…

Nicholas Vlachopoulos, a professor of civil engineering at Royal Military College, has been chosen to receive the Class of '65 Award for Teaching Excellence. (Steph Crosier/The Whig-Standard/Postmedia Network)

Wed, 10/17/2018 - 12:00

The following article is about a former Engineer Officer, Major Nicholas Vlachopoulos, PhD, CD, P.Eng. His retirement biography can be read at https://cmea-agmc.ca/nicholas-vlachopoulos.

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Tue, 10/16/2018 - 12:00

New Zealand Sappers Association has sent us their most recent Newsletter filled with articles of interest to Canadian engineers as well.

Tue, 10/16/2018 - 12:00

The International Historical and Military Film Festival is a public weal of the Polish culture which serves the non-commercial promotion of the cinema dedicated to the past and defense traditions of the countries from which films were submitted and accepted to the Festival.…

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Thu, 10/11/2018 - 12:00

5 October 2018

Dear Fellow Engineers,

All members of the Canadian Military Engineer Family are invited to the National Capital Region Canadian Military Engineers’ Mess Dinner, which will be held on Thursday, 29 November 2018, at the Sala San Marco Banquet…

Wed, 10/03/2018 - 12:00

The series of Allied offences all along the Western Front beginning on 5 August 1918 and ending on 11 November 1918 is known as the Last Hundred Days. It defeated Germany and ended the First World War.

The Canadian Corps played a pivotal role in…

Wed, 10/03/2018 - 12:00

When your United Way campaigner asks for a donation, you can direct your donation to the Charity of your choice by completing the proper section of the donation form. To make a United Way Campaign donation to the CME Museum through MEMAC (Military Engineers Museum…

Members of 4 Engineer Support Regiment upon handing over the finished building to the Oromocto Food Bank

Tue, 09/25/2018 - 12:00

By Sgt Julien Forget, CD

Over the summer of 2018, 4 Engineer Support Regiment (4 ESR), 53 Construction Troop (53 CT), participated in a donation based project for the Oromocto Food Bank, situated on d’Amours Street in Oromocto. It consisted of…