In This Issue 43
RMC Club Organizing Trip to West Point 3 – 5 Feb 2012 Initial plans are underway to organize a Fan bus to West Point for the big game 4 Feb. Bus would depart RMC on the Friday morning (3 Feb) and scheduled to arrive back in Kingston on Sunday afternoon. Depending on interest –…
Club President on the Topic of Honorary Degree At Royal Military College of Canada
M0058 Marc Drolet 06 November 2011 Dear General Council Members of the Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada (RMCCC). There has been numerous communications on the subject of the offer of an Honorary Degree to Mr. Don Cherry in the last few days, both in the media and within the Club via emails. An Official…
“I Remember…” An Ex-Cadet Remembers his Family’s Contribution to the WWII War Effort
“I Remember …” Reflections on growing up in Quebec City during WWII with a brother facing an uncertain fate in a Japanese P.O.W. camp, two sisters serving overseas and both parents contributing to the war effort. A Remembrance Day tribute to one special family and to all WWII veterans and their families. #3201Austen (Aus) Cambon…
Ex Cadet Remembers His Dad 1278 Kelso Roberts Through WW I Diary
A WORLD WAR I DIARY Two years ago, eVERITAS carried the story of my father, 1278 Kelso Roberts, as a prisoner of the Germans during the last eight months of World War I, based partly on a diary that he wrote while being imprisoned in the town of Lahr, Germany. The ‘diary’ was, in fact,…
Ex-Cadets in the News & Where are they Now?
13069 John Baker (white hard hat), general manager for Inner City Renovation (ICR) looks over some plans with site supervisor Larry Laberge as a crew renovates an old bank into a credit union in Winnipeg’s North End Thursday, October 20, 2011. Inner City Renovation (ICR) is a social enterprise in Winnipeg which does construction work…
Commandant & Team Back From China
Symposium for Presidents of Military Institutions, Nanjing, China 24-31 Oct Written by OCdt IV LeBlanc and NCdt III Brown In the very early hours of October22nd 2011, the Commandant, BGen Tremblay, as well as Capt Kerckhoff and both aide-de-camps, OCdt LeBlanc and NCdt Brown, were on their way, destination China. To most, a trip…
The Week That Was & More…
Holocaust: The Process of Memory and Education / La mémoire de la Shoah et sa transmission Photos and article by Capt Cynthia Kent and 25782 OCdt Brandon Friesen Ambassador Karel De Beer, Dutch Chair of the Holocaust International Task Force, gave a presentation titled: Holocaust: the Process of Memory and Education to Cadets and Staff…
Afghanistan Veteran and Mountaineer visits RMC
Afghanistan Veteran and Mountaineer visits RMC By: 26173 OCdt (II) Emily Morgan The 2011/12 Mount Kilimanjaro Expedition group has been hard at work in preparation for their December climb. Intense fitness training has already begun, as well as the preparation of local fundraising events for LGen Roméo Dallaire’s Child Soldier’s Initiative. The Expedition Group is…
COMMANDER CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS ARRIVES IN STYLE FOR “C” Divison MESS DINNER
Article by 26246 OCdt (I) Taylor Sannes Photos by 26277 OCdt (I) Ildar Tuvalbaev & 26252 OCdt (I) Mitchell MacDougall On the 4th of November 2011, the RMCC First Years of C Division had the pleasure of attending the first Mess Dinner of their respective careers. As such, this event was also considered an instructional…
Cadets get the Norwich Experience!
Cadets get the Norwich Experience! 25185 Ashley Clouthier This past weekend, 12 representatives from RMC drove down to beautiful Vermont in order to get a firsthand look at the little-known Norwich University. Personally, when I heard that I was chosen to represent the school, the first thing I did was a Wikipedia search of the…
Sports…
Caption: Five cadets with their driver / camera man, Nigel Mahon motored all the way to Washington, DC on their own dime and time to compete in the Marine Corps Marathon 30 Oct. (L-R) Dan Wilkinson, Eric Blakie, Joel Morris, David Neppel, and Dominic Ragetli. The medal winning performance is pretty impressive! THE…