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.
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.
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.
By Capt Matt Sukstorf, 19 Wing Fire Chief
24 Oct – 23 Nov 2016
by Cpl MJ Lelievre, 2 CER
With a military exercise coming for 2CMBG (Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group), 2CER (Combat Engineer Regiment) HET (Heavy Equipment Troop) is looked towards to support Regimental Exercise STORMING SAPPER and Brigade Exercise STORMING BEAR. During the exercises, HET has been tasked with the expansion of the compound and support to the Field Squadrons. 2 CER HET is capable of overcoming any challenges that 2 CMBG sends our way.
14 Construction Engineering Squadron (CES) attended Deployment for Training (DFT) in Fort Indiantown Gap, PA (FTIG) on 12-26 May, 2016. The squadron sent equal representation from each of its four CE Reserve flights - 91 CEF Gander, 143 CEF Lunenburg, 144 CEF Pictou, 192 CEF Aldergrove – to conduct training at FTIG. A total of 30 members from 14 CES attended the DFT.
Written by Capt Nicholas Bonderoff, OC 46 ES, 38 CER
During two weeks in September 2016, members of 38 Combat Engineer Regiment (CER) constructed a Pedestrian Suspension Bridge across the Moose Jaw River completing the Trans Canada Trail through Saskatchewan.
