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To all Military Engineers,

On 27th June 2018, the CME CWO, the CME Adjt, my wife, Deanna, and I will have an audience with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Military Engineers. We do this on behalf of every military engineer,…

LSA 2 RTC camp after 4 days building the RTC MTS litres in Camp Adazi Latvia during theater opening in May 2017

The old adage of there are never enough engineers applies as much to combat engineers as it does infrastructure support. Since ADM (IE) stood up in 2016, Canadian Forces Real Property Operations Group (CF RP Ops Gp) has balanced their mandate to support domestic…

Left to right: LGen Wynnyk, Gen Vance, LGen Parent

The Vice Chief of the Defence Staff Group has a new Acting Vice Chief of Defence (A/VCDS), Lieutenant General Paul Wynnyk, coming in from Commander of the Canadian Army. He assumed command from Lieutenant General Alain Parent at a Change of Appointment Ceremony on May 28th,…

LGen Paul Wynnyk, Commander of the Canadian Army, CWO Alain Guimond, outgoing Army Sergeant Major, (Left) and CWO Stuart Hartnell, incoming Army Sergeant Major (Right) sign the Change of Appointment scroll.

This morning, Chief Warrant Officer Alain Guimond officially handed over the position of Canadian Army Sergeant Major that he had held for the past three years to Chief Warrant Officer Stuart Hartnell of the Royal Canadian Regiment. The ceremony took place…

Colonel Darlene Quinn, OMM, CD

Earlier today (7 June 2018) in Europe, LGen Whitecross had the honour of promoting Col Darlene Quinn to the rank of Brigadier-General. This well-deserved promotion is a reflection of her tremendous service to the CAF and RCAF. BGen Quinn will be appointed Commander…

CWO Justin Quaidoo and Mississauga Fire Chief Tim Beckett

14 May 2018

The Mississauga Real Estate Board at their 2018 Civic Awards Reception, presented CWO Justin Quaidoo with the 2018 Fire Fighter of the Year award.

CWO Quaidoo, a Combat Engineer, serves with 32 CER in Toronto as…

Members of Real Properties Operations Section Halifax attend their annual Engineers' Birthday Mess Dinner, partly sponsored this year by the Halifax CMEA Chapter. 

Members of Real Properties Operations Section Halifax attend their annual Engineers' Birthday Mess Dinner, partly sponsored this year by the Halifax CMEA Chapter.  The special guest at the dinner was Colonel Martin Gros-Jean, Commander of the CF Real Property…

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We’re excited to be launching a brand-new, upgraded version of our Career Centre in the coming weeks!

As we begin the countdown to launch, we just wanted to let you know a few housekeeping tips about the upgrade.  All live jobs posted on the current site will be…

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Two changes to the CMEA Bursary program were recently approved by the CMEA Board of Directors and Advisors. First, in recognition of increases in the cost of post-secondary education, the value of each of the current six individual bursaries was increased from $1,000 to $1,…

Col Derek Basinger receives the Director RCE framed pennant from Colonel Commandant CME BGen (R) Steve Irwin. From left to right Cmdt CFSME and Deputy Director RCE, LCol Barb Honig, Col Cmdt CME BGen (R) Steve Irwin, Col Basinger and CME CWO, CWO Glenn Simpkin. Photo taken by Maj J. Boddy OC Field Engineer Training Squadron CFSME

By Maj Frank Bird CO 1st Canadian Division HQ and Staff Officer to Director RCE.

April 2018 marks the official handover of the Directorship of the Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE) from BGen Derek Basinger to Col Kyle Solomon.
BGen…