In This Issue 13
A tip of the hat to the following members who just recently updated their Club membership status: Chapeau aux membres suivants qui ont tout récemment mis à jour leur adhésion au Club: 3496 James D Younger; 12484 JP Amlin – Lifetime membership; 3530 Pierre Bernier; 8488 Michael C Chreptyk – Lifetime membership; 14740 Luc…
What Were They Thinking? Part I
Easter Sunday Shocker! Memorial Arch now covered by Dome. Naming rights – SOLD! By: WJO Easter Sunday 2013, a day which will live in infamy for the Royal Military College of Canada? This was a day when the landscape was unexpectedly and drastically changed for one simple reason – the almighty dollar. RMC was put…
What Were They Thinking? Part II
Panet House & Gatehouse #1 are now neigbours! By: WJO A spin-off from the major change of the Dome covering the Memorial Arch was the question of what to do with Gatehouse #1, a fixture to the College landscape since 1875. Staff, cadets and visitors returning to the College following the four day Easter Weekend…
Class Notes
7786 Doug Matthews, Class of ’68, is a twenty-year veteran of the special events industry. An award-winning event producer and entertainment agent, he has extensive teaching experience in the industry and has published three books on the subject of event planning and production. He lives in Vancouver, Canada. We were in touch with Doug recently…
What are these 24 up to these days…?
General Manager at Hydro-Québec Research Institute (IREQ) Commanding Officer at Department of National Defence Consultant at Gryphon-Ace Consulting Accreditation Consultant, Better Business Bureau – Kingston Chief Operating Officer at Jomini International Inc. Naval Systems Engineer at Canadian Forces Corporate Secretary at BCE / Bell Canada Historian, Consultant (Military and Historical Affairs), Writer Current 1st Vice-President…
Catching Up With the News
Canadian warship crew in Indian Ocean seizes 500 kg of heroin Very quickly on we ascertained they were not being truthful about their mission, their voyage, so we continued on with a full search of the vessel and discovered the drugs.’ 21285 Cmdr. David Patchell Source Words and War: Toni Morrison at West Point By…
Once Upon a Time They Were Officer Cadets
He joined the CF in 1983 as a private soldier in the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment. In 1996, he was posted to Ottawa as a career manager and soon after promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. After initial naval officer training he navigated HMC Ships IROQUOIS, YUKON, TERRA NOVA, and ANNAPOLIS before joining VENTURE, the Naval Officer Training…
Notices | Avis
Juno Beach Centre Association Looking for Ex Manager; Royal Roads Leadership Award; Class of ’88 – Off the Mark Early __________________________________________ We look forward to welcoming you back to Royal Roads University (RRU) for our 13th Annual Homecoming celebration from September 13th to 15th 2013. Homecoming is open to all alumni, faculty and staff…
Le voyage Paris-Londres 2013 / Paris-London 2013 Field Trip
Le voyage Paris-Londres 2013 : de la galerie des Glaces au château de Windsor… en passant par le Louvre et le British Museum Marc Imbeault, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean Depuis l’an dernier le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR Saint-Jean), appuyé par la Fondation des Anciens du CMR Saint-Jean, organise un voyage culturel dans…
Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean
Un 5 Km à LaSalle! Un article de 26397 l’Élève-officier Jonathan Rochette Le dimanche 24 mars à 9h00, l’équipe représentative de course du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean participait au 5 km de course qui se déroulait à LaSalle. Les deux membres de l’équipe de course faisaient la compétition à 650 autres participants. Malgré le…
Now Serving To RMC Engineers: Buffalo Wings
Buffalo Arrival Article by 15595 Dr. Billy Allan, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering There is an Academic Wing, a Cadet Wing, a Military Wing and a Training Wing. But there are other wings at RMC: an F104 Starfighter Wing in Sawyer Mod 1, and now, a Buffalo wing! Important parts of the…
The Week That Was…
Fall 2013 Barslate Announced At a parade held early this past Wednesday morning, LCol Patrick Lemyre, College Director of Cadets, announced the Barslate for the Fall 2013 Semester. The new senior leadership of the Cadet Wing will officially take over the reigns on 29 April. The Senior Barslate is as follows: CWC 25832 OCdt Kyle…