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Dear C&E Friends, Attached is a short article from the Canadian Military Family Magazine on the use of poppies around the world. https://www.cmfmag.ca/history/poppies-from-around-the-world/
Ex NS traditionally takes place each year at CFSCE, Kingston during C&E Week festivities. Its purpose is to verify our tertiary means of intercontinental communications using HF sky-wave propagation. Teams from across the globe participate and attempt to establish comms with the most teams, under various conditions, in a competitive format. Over the years, the exercise continued to increase in size with more domestic and international teams registering to compete. This year, Ex NS witnessed an all-time high of 180 teams. Competitors came from multiple Canadian units spanning the Regular and Reserve Force as well as representatives from the USA, UK, Peru, Latvia, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Poland, Libya, Iraq, and Haiti. This year’s winning team was our very own 34 Signal Regiment from Westmount, Quebec. As a means to provide an incentive to this growing pool of teams, a trophy was purchased for the 2018 iteration of the competition to commemorate the winning teams for years to come. The Trophy will be updated yearly with the winning team’s name with the trophy displayed in a place of prominence at the C&E Museum. It should be noted that the hard work and dedication of Branch members are the real back […]
The annual C&E Officers’ Mess Dinner took place at the Vimy Officers’ Mess (VOM) on Thursday, 24 October 2019. This date marked the 116th anniversary of the Branch and its founding service: the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. The evening was hosted by our Branch Leader: Major-General François Chagnon. Our Guest of Honour was former VCDS: Lieutenant-General Guy Thibault (Retired). Over 100 professional photos were taken throughout the evening. If you are looking for one in particular, please reach out the Branch Office (POC: Aviator Tetiana Volobuieva) or the Branch Positional Account, and we’ll do what we can to help you find an image.
The C&E Branch Office has re-opened the REO position for a Class B Chief Administrator. The Staff NCO – serving in the NCR – is responsible for a range of administrative, financial, ceremonial, and information management functions. The successful incumbent shall work closely with the Branch Chief and Branch Adjutant for day-to-day functions, and with the Branch Advisor and Colonel Commandant for major events. Please see below for the competition message, presently available on the REO site. Please see the job description and conditions below: Chief Administrator REO Message – EN
On Thursday, 24 October 2019 – The CFJSR celebrated the 116th anniversary of the Canadian Signalling Corps with a graveside ceremony for Major Wallace Bruce Matthew Carruthers: the founder of the Canadian Signalling Corps. Major Carruthers served with the Canadian Mounted Rifles in the South African War and returned home to Kingston in 1902. Upon his repatriation, he leveraged his battlefield experience and lobbied for a separate and distinct corps of signallers within the Canadian Army. He achieved this, and on 24 October 1903, the Canadian Signalling Corps (CSC) was created; the first independent signal service within the British Empire. Velox Versutus Vigilans
C&E Week 2019 successfully concluded this year with the annual Branch Update held at the Knowlton Theatre on Friday, 25 October 2019. The roster of speakers included the Branch Leadership alongside our senior-most representatives from the RCCS (Director Signals and Corps Chief), RCAF Telecomm Wing (Strategic A6 and Senior ATIS Tech Advisor), SIGINT & Cyber community (Comd CFIOG and the CFIOG Group Chief) along with members from the C&E Foundation and Association. The state of the Branch and its founding services was discussed at length, allowing participants to understand the opportunities and challenges that collectively face our joint community. A key component of the Branch Update entailed the Awards Ceremony of which the following members were honoured … Colonel-in-Chief Commendation: Chief Warrant Officer William ‘Bill’ Fallows, MMM, CD, RCCS (Retired) – former RSM of the CFJSR – was awarded the Colonel-in-Chief Commendation. Endorsed by HRH, The Princess Royal, Princess Anne; the Col-in-Chief Commendation is the highest award that the Branch can bestow upon a member. Decades of selfless service to the Branch, support to veterans, and preservation of our military heritage must be evidenced before an application is drafted by the Colonel Commandant for furtherance to Buckingham Place. C&E Branch […]