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1-2011 EME THE MAGAZINE OF THE EJLECournalTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BRANCH EME AND TRAINING Learning & Action Tradition & History Awards & Recognitions in Afghanistan Support our companions EME Branch Fund The Regiment The Members • Initial issue of • Branch Advisor’s National, accoutrements Regional and Cadet Awards • Anniversary pins • EME regimental funding • Annual mem- of Craftsman or Subaltern bership draws teams at Fund sponsored • Branch sanc- events (bonspiels, golf, tioned sporting hockey) event discounts • Emergency Project Loans • Education bur- • Foster, maintain and saries and short promote the well being of term loans and individuals and the Branch hardship grants Price for joining? Less than $3/month, Prize for National Award? $500, EME Bursary? $750, Effects on our Branch? Priceless… For more information, contact : [email protected] HISTORY QUIZ By : Lt T. Kim , ADM(Mat) / DGLEPM / DLEPS 4-5-3 What was the first workshop that functioned for the first In what year was the United Nations Emergency Force? first EME Birthday 1 celebrated in Haiti? a. 41 Canadian Infantry Workshop RCEME 2 b. 56 Canadian Infantry Workshop RCEME a. 1989 c. 61 Canadian Infantry Workshop RCEME b. 1991 d. 82 Canadian Infantry Workshop RCEME c. 1993 d. 1995 How many EME 50th Anniversary celebrations were there in Visoko? The EME Coin of Excellence recognises individuals who make outstanding contributions to the EME 3 a. 1 4 Branch. What number EME Coin of Excellence b. 2 was awarded to the member who solved a tech- c. 3 nical problem using a Xbox controller? d. 4 Individuals can email their answers to +EME-GEM BRANCH@ADM(Mat) DLEPS@Ottawa-Hull. The first person to submit the correct answer will have their name and answers printed in the next edition of the EME Journal. Issue 1 - 2011 EME Journal Regimental Command Update Traditions and History 4 Branch Advisor’s message 2 History Quiz (questions) 5 Branch Chief Warrant Officer’s Message 12 Saving a part of our history! EME and Training Trade Sections 6 OP HARAS 21 EO tech 22-23 Mat tech 7 Reserve EME Technicians 6 24 Vehicles tech train in reg Force Units 25 Weapons tech What’s Up? 8 Expedient fielding requires expedient training 7 15 202 Workshop depot The Leopard 2 experience 26 RMC Program Delivers Ammunition Expertise 28 Training impacts of the M777 9 8 27 The EME Perspective 11 OP ARTE: from simulation to 28 9th Annual WO J.R. Muise memorial Hockey Tournament hands-on training at CFSEME 9 Awards and Recognit 13 Looking Forward 30 Grumblings from the Vault 13 14 Regimental company today 31 The EME coin of excellence 30 Awards & Recognition Learning and Action 16 OP NANOOK 2010 Columns 17 New Start for EME Advanced Officer Course 29 Last call 18 Field Time for Officer Candidates at CFSEME 19 Changing doctrine for new missions 20 The Tracked Light Armoured Vehicles - (TLAV) Technical Assistance Visit - (TAV) Regimental Command Update Branch Advisor’s message By: Col S.P. Myers, C.D., EME Branch Advisor olks - as most of you know, “Arte” Training has been one of my top three priorities since taking over as the Branch Advisor. Although my main effort was initially focused on our Fmanning situation during the past two years, the successful recruiting and the repatria- tion of our (Personnel Awaiting Training) PATs to CFSEME has positioned us well. We are now at the point where we can start to place an even greater emphasis on the technical aspect of our training. Arte training is vital to our ability to de- all of our trades. I am also placing in- is also in line with the CLS’ philosophy velop the soldier-technicians and Army creased emphasis on operationalizing of “Train to Excite” and that is why Arte leaders that are so essential on the our training. What do I mean by this? training is not just the job of CFSEME modern battle-space. No matter the Well, we need to make sure that we but our entire Branch. We need to en- scenario, no matter the threat, the abi- apply our very scarce technical training sure continuity in the coaching, men- lity to close with and fix kit is critical to time against those systems and equip- toring and supervision so important successful land operations. That is why ments that are used on operations. To on the workshop floor; leveraging our it is so important that we maintain the do this, without extending our training recent operational experience to inject momentum in modernizing and opera- timelines, we need to take a real hard realism into our training; synchronizing tionalizing our training. look at what we train on today, and if training requirements with new equip- a piece of equipment is not tagged for ment acquisitions at the senior levels; The past few years have certainly been potential use on operations, then we delivery of training at our School house. exciting and challenging for EME, as we need to seriously consider removing it Successfully transforming our Arte trai- closed with and fixed kit on operations. from training. Keeping our training rele- ning, keeping it interesting, challenging From the latest in cool maintenance vant to operational requirements is the and relevant is a total Branch effort. It toys (the AHSVS wrecker) to the realis- key to our continued success on future is the key to our future and we have tic implementation of expedient batt- operations. to get it right: our soldiers deserve no- lefield recovery training, to fixing new thing less. That said, I have absolutely and modern equipment on operations, As most of you know, there is a lot of no doubt that once again, EME will rise EME has continued its track record of new and upgraded equipment coming to this training challenge with our well success on operations. The key to sus- into service over the next 5 years: from known “can do” attitude and we will taining this success into the future lies the Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle continue to provide the best soldier- in our training. The Vehicle Technician (TAPV), Close Combat Vehicle (CCV), up- technicians-leaders to our comman- OJT Centers, the systems approach to graded LAV III and the Leopard II to new ders on operations. training, the simulation work ongoing weapon systems, sense capabilities and at our School, the incredible efforts in the latest composite and armoured ma- As a final closing thought, this will be modernizing our courses at the highest terials. Our equipment landscape will my last EME Journal Article as Branch levels, and learning to fix new kit on be dominated in the very near future Advisor as I will be handing over the the fly when required to do so – these with equipments sporting cutting edge responsibilities in June 2011. There- have all been accomplished, and more, technologies. Clearly there are chal- fore, I’d like to also take this opportu- because of the incredible work done lenges facing us as we evolve, and it will nity to thank everyone for their sup- at every level of our Branch. But we not be easy training on all the equip- port and advice these past three years. are not done yet, nor can we afford to ment the Army will soon have. There- It certainly has been a very busy and pause. I fully intend that the Vehicle fore, we need to continue to be inno- challenging time for me. I have enjoyed OJT Center concept be applied across vative in our approach to training. This meeting with many of you as I travel- erratum Unfortunately a mistake was made in the November 2010 edition of the EME Journal. The author of the article called « Tri- bute to Cpl Hornburg», page 28, was Mr. L (Tex) Leugner, C.D., (WO Ret). Please note that the author of the text concerning the change of command of the CFSEME was MWO A. Lotocki, on page 6, and that he is a Senior Technical Instructor (STI). 4 Regimental Command Update led, and working on key Branch issues as we transitioned the Branch for success Branch Chief in the future. A personal and special thanks to CWO St-Jean and CWO Berge- Warrant ron, two incredible EME RSMs, who kept my butt out of the fire; the Col Cmdt, Officer’s Message BGen (ret’d) Peter Holt, whose wisdom By: CWO JBA Bergeron, C.D., M.M.M., Branch Chief and advice were invaluable to me. And Warrant Officer finally, to all of you – the Craftsmen, ello, everyone. I have been your Branch CWO for the soldier-technicians, the leaders of almost a year now. The first six months allowed our regiment of many small units… eve- me to complete my education in the Branch’s rywhere, the members of our extended H priorities and the methods that it uses to meet its objectives. EME family – I say with all sincerity, it Although some might think that some gies on the market. Not a week goes by has been an absolute privilege and ho- of the priorities identified by our Branch without a working group going over the nor to have been your Branch Advisor Advisor have not yet been addressed, teaching points to see what should be for the last three years. I assure you that we have made added to or removed from the program enormous progress in each of them. in order to keep our training system on Thank you and Arte et Marte! Whether in communications with our the cutting edge. Regional Network’s establishment, the successes achieved by our recruitment We must now concentrate our efforts centres in enlisting EME technicians, on finding the way to face the training the efforts made by all our occupation needs required to face the demands of advisors and the Army training sections the new equipment that is knocking at in LFDTS and CTC responsible for EME our doors.