CAF Sports Day 2022
CAF Sports Day 2022
Once again this year, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members across Canada and around the world will take part in a national celebration of Sport on 20 October 2022.
With the return of community sports and in person events, we are looking to make the 10th annual CAF Sports Day a memorable one.
CME Update – Construction Engineer Trades’ Uniforms
A message from the Occupation Advisor for Construction Engineers and Fire Fighters, Colonel S. MacEwen:
After much consideration and discussion, the Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who is the occupational authority for Construction Engineering trades, has determined that all CAF members in CE trades will wear the RCAF uniform.
The reason for this approval is two-fold:
Maj Rick Dunning Presented the 3rd Clasp to his CD
On 21 July 22, in front of a small group of family, friends, and colleagues, Major Rick Dunning was presented his CD3 by Major- General Horgan.
CMEA Bursary 2022: Grand Total of $18,000 (nine individual bursaries of $2,000)
1. Applications are open to CMEA members and dependents of current or deceased CMEA members.
2. Applicants must have completed or be in their final year of secondary schooling and preparing to attend or continuing a program at a certified post-secondary educational institution.
3. The bursary program consists of nine individual educational bursaries of $2,000 to be awarded annually for the year of study starting in September to nine applicants based on the eligibility and selection criteria detailed in this directive.
New CME Br CWO
Greetings to all fellow Engineers,
With the upcoming retirement of CWO S. Merriam, MB, CD, we have a new CME Br CWO, effective 06 July 2022.
Farewell and thank-you, CWO Merriam, for your dedication to the Branch and for sharing your expertise and advice over the past two years.
Welcome to the appointment, CWO D. Jones, CD, our new CME Br CWO.
CHIMO!
Prime Minister Trudeau Delivers Apology for Racism Affecting No. 2 Construction Battalion of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force
On Saturday, 9 July, the Colonel Commandant, MGen Benjamin and CME CWO Jones attended a ceremony in Truro, NS where the Prime Minister and the Minister of National Defence delivered an apology for the systemic anti-Black racism endured by members of No. 2 Construction Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The CO 4 Engineer Support Regiment, LCol Dixon and his RSM, CWO Sloot, were part of the Ceremony to recognize this racism before, during, and long after the First World War.
Operation REASSURANCE – Ground breaking ceremony for Area E&S infrastructure projects at Camp Ādaži
Contributed by: Maj Jeremy Chubbs, A/JEngr, Task Force Latvia Headquarters (TFL HQ) Canadian Armed Forces
CWO D.M Matthews, CD
Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Matthews grew up in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. He is a graduate of the Nova Scotia Community College, Saint Mary’s University (Anthropology) and is a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI) and a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator Instructor (CFII). He served as a reservist at 12 Wing Shearwater (ARAF), with the Princess Louise Fusiliers and as a naval reservist with HMCS SCOTIAN.