'Lookback Friday' is an opportunity to look back at some significant past news stories.  On 15 March 2010, we linked our news to a current CBC report on construction work at the Kandahar Airfield, at the time, the busiest single runway in the world.

Click here to see 'The building boom that is Canada's Afghan base' by CBC Reporter Derek Stoffel.

'Lookback Friday' is an opportunity to look back at some significant past news stories.  This week, we look at how the RCE re-opened the Alaska Highway after a major bridge collapse including a comprehensive news video. See Engineers Restore the Northern Transportation Link.

27 July 2023 marks the 70^th Anniversary of the end of the fighting of the Korean War when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed in 1953. See: https://cmea-agmc.ca/27-july-anniversary-end-fighting-korean-war

Le français suit ci-dessous :

Extracted from CANFORGEN 016/23 CMP 010/23 011649Z FEB 23

1. ON BEHALF OF THE KING, HER EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL HAS APPROVED NATIONAL HONOURS FOR THE FOLLOWING DESERVING INDIVIDUALS:

5. MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL:

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(2) LCOL M.M. LAKE - FOR OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALISM AND RESOLVE UNDER CHALLENGING CONDITIONS WHILE DEPLOYED AS COMMANDER OF JOINT TASK FORCE UKRAINE, MARCH TO OCTOBER 2021

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On 10 December, MGen Daniel Benjamin, presented CME Commendations to Sgt Frederik Marion and Cpl Neeham Khalid at the 34 CER Christmas Dinner for their exceptional service as co-leads of the Component Transfer project. Both NCOs displayed the highest level of expertise in the development of numerous informational tools to assist the CME Branch leadership to provide component transfer information to retiring Regular Force members. Their exceptional professionalism and dedication reflect great credit on them and the RCE.

The narrative for the award is as follows: