National News

Senior Serving Engineer Named to head NATO Defense College in Rome

LGen Chris Whitecross, Senior Serving Military Engineer has been named to head the NATO Defense College in Rome.  LGen Whitecross is the former Chief Engineer and is currently serving as Chief of Military Personnel at NDHQ. For more… more...
LGen Chris Whitecross (Ottawa Journal / Jean Levac)

2 Wing’s Creation Sails on the Pacific

Originally printed in Journal de la BFC de Bagotville, Le Vortex, September 2016, volume 11, number 9 Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Vancouver was asked to provide a display booth representing Canada during the international reception… more...
HMCS Vancouver manages a display representing Canada during the international reception at the end of Ex Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) on 4 Aug 16. The display was entirely designed and built by Cpl Lee-Ann Smith, a construction engineering technician with 2 Wing. // NCSM Vancouver utilise un présentoir représentant le Canada durant la réception internationale de clôture de l’exercice Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) le 4 août 2016. Le présentoir a été entièrement dessiné et fabriqué par la Cpl Lee-Ann Smith, tech

Combat Diver Course 0029

By Lt. Andrew Jarvis Serial 0029 of the Combat Diver course ran from 31 August to 19 November 2015. If the first day was an indication of things to come, we quickly found out that this was going to be a challenging course. As per the… more...
Course Photo

New Bridge Built in Time for Key Wainwright Exercise

From DCC at Work, Issue August 2016, vol 15, No 3   When 7,000 people are coming over, you pull out all the stops. For a Defence Construction Canada team at CFB Wainwright, that included building a new bridge almost a year ahead of… more...
Battling winter conditions, contractors prepare for the installation of the first circular pile that secures the bridge // Luttant contre les conditions hivernales, les entrepreneurs se préparent à installer le premier pieu circulaire qui sécurisera le pont

Sappers and La Chasse-Galerie 2016

Every 5 years since 2001, a dedicated group of RMC Ex-Cadets sets out on a seven-day canoe trip from Ottawa to Kingston to raise funds to support varsity athletics at RMC. This voyage is known as "La Chasse Galerie" and the 2016 edition… more...
Ex-Cadet canoe team at Merrickville 2006

32 CER Newsletter - The Toronto Sapper June 2016

Newsletter of 32 Combat Engineer Regiment 32 CER has published an excellent newsletter with photos and articles: Canadian Military Engineer Association by CWO Ron Swift, CME Branch Chief Warrant Officer Exercise Chimo Run: 17-19 March… more...
Cover - The Toronto Sapper

Canadian Combat Divers Experience Invaluable Training at RIMPAC 16

Article reprinted from Army News July 29, 2016 By: Inez Neville, Exercise Rim of the Pacific Communications Officer For Sergeant Nathan Miller and Lieutenant Josh Bennett, being in Hawaii for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) is… more...
Combat Divers Lt Josh Bennett (left) and Sgt Nathan Miller, search a sunken ship off the coast of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during RIMPAC 16 on July 16, 2016 // Les plongeurs de combat, Lt Josh Bennett (gauche) et Sgt Nathan Miller fouillent l’épave d’un navire au large des côtes de Pearl Harbor, à Hawaï, durant l’exercice RIMPAC 2016

44th Field Engineer Squadron Building Chimo Cabin in Rossland Range

by Chelsea Novak - Rossland News posted Aug 2, 2016 at 1:00 PM (http://www.rosslandnews.com/community/388986331.html) Last summer the Friends of the Rossland Range (FORR) built three new shelters in the RosslandRange Recreation Site as… more...
Site of the Chimo Cabin

Missing - Alfred Ian Keep

Update 22 July 2016:  Alfie has been found alive and well - thanks to all for your help. Alfred Ian Keep, an ex-Combat Engineer is missing.  Please give this item maximum exposure and hope for his safe return. Contact Redcliff… more...
Missing Poster Alfred Ian Keep

Col Pilon and Col Gasparotto’s Handover Ceremonies in Haiti

On 13 July 2016 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Col Nicolas Pilon, CD, handed over the reins as Chief of Staff for the Military Component of MINUSTAH (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti) to Col Mark Gasparotto, MSM, CD.  During a… more...
Col Pilon and Col Gasparotto on parade with MINUSTAH Military Component (MC) Force Commander Gen Ajax Porto Pinheiro // Le Col Pilon et le Col Gasparotto sur la parade avec le Commandant de la Force composante militaire MINUSTAH, le Gén Ajax Porto Pinheir