Reprinted from The Maple Leaf Jan 14, 2019

Article by Captain Matt Clancey, RCPTT Troop Commander

“We’re here to develop Iraqi solutions suitable to their needs and sustainable after we leave.”

Reprinted from The Maple Leaf  Article / December 17, 2018 / Project number: 18-0465

By Brigadier-General M.A.J. (Jennie) Carignan, Commander 2^nd Canadian Division and Joint Task Force (East)

The summer of 2019 will mark the 75^th Anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. More than 90,000 Canadians fought from the sands of Juno to the banks of the Seine liberating Normandy. Over 5500 Canadian soldiers did not make it home and remain buried in Normandy today. To honour their memory, the Juno Beach Centre has launched Canada’s Juno75 Commemorative Campaign to recognize those who made the ultimate sacrifice that summer.

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This weekend, we are going to take a moment to thank the Canadian Military Engineers of RP Ops Det Kingston, who back on 12-14 April 2018, held their annual curling Bonspiel. They decided to donate the proceeds this year to the Soldier On fund, and managed to collect $3000,

By David Burke, CMEA Executive Director

Last week on the 28^th and 29^th of November the CMEA hosted a very successful two-day conference at the Army Ottawa Officers’ Mess.  The theme of the conference was “Strong, Secure, Engaged – Canada’s New Defence Policy and the Engineers.”  Day One comprised formal presentations and discussions that examined the impact of the 2017 Strong, Secure, Engaged Defence Policy (SSE). And Day Two was a business meeting of the CMEA.

In this issue:

The Canadian Military Engineers Association (CMEA) is pleased to announce the following winners of the Bursary program 2018:

This Remembrance Day, November 11, marks the 100^th anniversary of the end of the First World War. In 2016, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force and his family visited the site of a First World War battle of which most Canadians are probably unaware. They also visited the graves of his ancestors.

“At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.”

By Captain Milovan Krgusic

6 November 2018

OTTAWA—Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, will preside over an Order of Military Merit investiture ceremony at the Canadian War Museum, on Tuesday, November 6, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. The Governor General will bestow the honour on 1 Commander, 14 Officers and 55 Members.

Among these are the following members of the Canadian Military Engineers: