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MILITARY FAMILIES
2019 ISSUE #2
THE NEW BRUNSWICK Military Family Resource Centre plays a very important part in supporting our Troops. Base Gagetown, being
the second largest Military base in our country, has a vital role in Canada’s well-being and security. The base has two key components—
the Combat Training Centre and the 3 Area Support Group (3ASG). In addition to the training facilities, the base has four operational
units: 2nd Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment, 4 Air Defence Regiment, 4 Engineer Support Regiment, and 403 Operational
(Helicopter) Training Squadron. It also houses the Joint Meteorological Centre, the Land Force Trials and Evaluation Unit, the Land Force
Atlantic Area Training Centre, and the Argonaut Army Cadet Summer Training Centre. Needless to say, when Canada’s military support
is needed, Base Gagetown and its troops are on the first-call list.
We thank you for your service and would love to give a shout-out to those in our family that served. My dad Sgt. Lawrence Gilbert Royal
22e Regiment; Dawna’s half-brother Sgt. Michael Seeley 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas (deceased
in action Bagdad, Iraq); Dawna’s uncles that answered the call in WW II (three went over, two came back); and my uncle Gerald O’Leary
who also answered our country’s call in the Second World War.
Today the Gilbert family is just happy that we can do something in return for those that give so much. Thank you NBMFRC, and all who
serve and served.
Our Unsung Hero...Fresh off her family dream trip to Alaska, Megan is back quarterbacking
Team Huggable. Megan Daigle joined Wheels & Deals in 2007 as the Service Centre Advisor
and has since grown with the organization to her current position as Customer Care Manager.
She graduated from CompuCollege in 2006, and we are fortunate that she joined our team.
We have to pinch ourselves every day! Megan is our dream manager. She puts her heart and
soul into whatever she does. (As world-class speaker and author John Maxwell would say,
Megan is our leader from the centre, and it is people like her that are the lifeblood of a great
organization.) Megan, husband Jesse, and their adorable baby Henley love their country
life...and the Gilberts love having the Daigles as part of our family.