CME Branch Commendation to LCol Doug Foreman
2 May 2017, CFB Esquimalt
Certificate No 035 – Presented to LCol D.J. Foreman, OMM, CD (Ret'd)
September 3, 2006
On this date in 2006, Cpl Clinton John Orr put himself at great risk to rescue soldiers trapped by enemy fire. He was awarded the Medal of Military Valour.
5 CER on the Road to High Readiness
Since the end of the regimental winter exercise, EX SAPEUR BLANC 2017, troops from 5 CER have switched gears in preparation for the upcoming high readiness period which begins in the fall of 2017.
Profiles of Courage at Vimy Ridge
As a way to recognise the victory and sacrifice at Vimy Ridge, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) has published a series of Profiles in Courage listing a number of soldiers, including one Sapper.
ADM(IE) Leaders Attend Exercise UBIQUE at CFB Gagetown
From 15-17 February, ADM(IE)’s Chief of Staff, MGen Sylvain Sirois, and the Commander of the Real Property Operations Group, Col Kevin Horgan, attended Exercise UBIQUE at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering (CFSME) at CFB Gagetown. This year’s theme was Mission Ready.
1 ESU Designs and Builds Camp Érable in Iraq
After months of hard work and determination, personnel from 1 Engineer Support Unit (ESU), CFB Kingston can call their mission complete. The unit, which provides deployable, specialist military engineering services to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and other government departments anywhere in the world, completed the design and construction of a $4.6 million camp in support of Operation IMPACT 2.0 in Erbil, Iraq.
Newboro – A Watershed Moment Along the Rideau Canal
By LCol Claire Bramma, RCE, CO Mapping and Charting Establishment
This article is an amplification of Don Cooke’s article “The Royal Sappers & Miners Cemetery, Newboro” published in CHIMO in April 2016.