Archive for 2013
Mount Kenya – Here We Come
Cadets Prepare for Mount Kenya Adventure OCdt (IV) 25981 Megan Couto As the college is winding down for the semester and all the cadets are eagerly working towards Christmas holidays, the cadets of the RMC Expedition Club have other thoughts in mind. Team Kenya, which was selected earlier this month, is comprised of ten enthusiastic…
Read MoreThe Week That Was & More
The Week That was… The past seven days were interesting ones around RMCC. As you have likely read elsewhere in this edition, both the Commandant and Principal were in Edmonton, 25-27 Nov, attending the annual Canadian Institute for Military and Veterans Health Research forum. The Class of ’65 Teaching Excellence Award Public Lecture took place…
Read MoreSports…
WEST POINT AT RMCC – K-ROCK CENTRE – SATURDAY, 25 JAN – 7:30 (As we went to Press – we still did not have all the details regarding ticket and other game day info. Check back here and hopefully in a day or two we will have more details) xxx Men’s and Women’s Fencing…
Read MoreTraining for the “M”
Experience Was Great! NCdt Matthew Noonan 26497 (III) During this past semester I had the excellent opportunity to volunteer for the cadet wing as the internal information officer. At first I was a little dubious about the responsibilities that I had taken on. However, as time passed my role became clear to me and now…
Read MoreThe Clock is Ticking…
Time to Unwind By: 26659 OCdt (II) Danielle Andela Officer And Naval Cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada have had the pleasure of attending Divisional Christmas Dinners this past week. The dinners are an annual occurrence and involve several traditional elements such as the piping in of the turkey and the switching of…
Read MoreNext Up, Exams
Last Scheduled Parade for the Semester By: 26670 NCdt (II) Katherine Silins Although this year, Wednesday morning parades have become the norm, the last parade of the year was different. It was not, however, the ankle-high layer of snow that covered the parade square (while it was still falling gently) or due to the impromptu…
Read MoreQu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean
Voici une image de l’équipe Milskills en action, traversant la rivière pendant la compétition a Kingston. Crédit photo : Sgt Étienne Cameron Voici une image de l’équipe Milskills qui trouve les coordonnées de leur prochain point de rencontre qui leur mèneras a l’obstacle suivant. Crédit photo : Sgt Étienne Cameron L’équipe Milskills du CMR…
Read More3069 W.A. McColl’s – III Year – 1951: “No. 1 squadron is really keen this year!”
1 Dec 51 We finally got the obstacle course finished this morning and the race itself was run at 1130 hours. Our recruits were very keen; they had a meeting to decide on how they would run the course. The net result was that it paid off because they won for the squadrons. There was…
Read MoreDeaths | Décès
AVIS DE DÉCÈS 6043 Henri-Paul Martel 1942 – 2013 Henri-Paul Martel est entré au Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean en 1959 et il a obtenu son diplôme d’ingénieur en électricité du Collège militaire royal du Canada en 1964. Il est détenteur d’une maîtrise en ingénierie avec option bâtiment et gestion de projets de construction en…
Read MoreIn This Issue 44
Click, click on poster for better viewing 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: 3487 Ervin Sande; 3786 Douglas W Tufts; 3859 David E Wright; 12163 Michael E Diebel.…
Read MoreDr Harry Kowal Installed as Principal
xx INSTALLATION OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA By: WJO Dr Harry Kowal was installed as the Principal of Royal Military College of Canada Friday 22 November in a ceremony at Currie Hall. An overflow crowd consisting of staff, alumni, guests and members of the public gathered in the 92…
Read MoreXCVIII Convocation – PRETTY SPECIAL
2013 FALL CONVOCATION – PRETTY SPECIAL FOR A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS By: WJO Convocation ceremonies on the grounds of Royal Military College of Canada are held typically in Spring (May) and Fall (Nov). Without question, the high profile event is in the Spring. However, don’t tell any of the 22 undergraduate, 50 graduate students two…
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