By BGen Kevin Horgan, Member of Phase II 8801 

To all Military Engineers,

On 27^th June 2018, the CME CWO, the CME Adjt, my wife, Deanna, and I will have an audience with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Colonel-in-Chief of the Canadian Military Engineers. We do this on behalf of every military engineer, military or civilian, serving or retired, Regular or Reserves. During that audience, I will highlight your accomplishments to Her Majesty. I will try not to boast too much. Upon our return, I will report to you on the audience.

The old adage of there are never enough engineers applies as much to combat engineers as it does infrastructure support. Since ADM (IE) stood up in 2016, Canadian Forces Real Property Operations Group (CF RP Ops Gp) has balanced their mandate to support domestic infrastructure while managing tasking’s of CF RP Ops Gp military personnel to support Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) operations. Employed within CF RP Ops GP are many of the critical Engineer trades that are in demand to support Canadian operations.

The Vice Chief of the Defence Staff Group has a new Acting Vice Chief of Defence (A/VCDS), Lieutenant General Paul Wynnyk, coming in from Commander of the Canadian Army. He assumed command from Lieutenant General Alain Parent at a Change of Appointment Ceremony on May 28th, 2018, at NDHQ Pearkes. This important event was attended by several dignitaries, including General Jonathan Vance and Deputy Minister of National Defence (DM) Jody Thomas.

This morning, Chief Warrant Officer Alain Guimond officially handed over the position of Canadian Army Sergeant Major that he had held for the past three years to Chief Warrant Officer Stuart Hartnell of the Royal Canadian Regiment. The ceremony took place in the Officers' Mess in Ottawa, Ontario on June 7, 2018.

Photos By: Ordinary Seaman Camden Scott

Earlier today (7 June 2018) in Europe, LGen Whitecross had the honour of promoting Col Darlene Quinn to the rank of Brigadier-General. This well-deserved promotion is a reflection of her tremendous service to the CAF and RCAF. BGen Quinn will be appointed Commander Canadian Forces Europe and posted to Belgium.

We’re excited to be launching a brand-new, upgraded version of our Career Centre in the coming weeks!

Two changes to the CMEA Bursary program were recently approved by the CMEA Board of Directors and Advisors. First, in recognition of increases in the cost of post-secondary education, the value of each of the current six individual bursaries was increased from $1,000 to $1,500.