Summit in Sight
RMCC Expedition Club Receives Special Endorsement & More Photos and Article by 25752 OCdt (III) Christopher Lane [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aZgQiyeCZg[/youtube] With just under a month before the 2011/12 Kilimanjaro Expedition Group raises the RMCC flag atop Africa’s tallest summit, LGen (Ret’d) Romeo Dallaire (founder of Child Soldiers Initiative) offers his support to the expedition and its humanitarian…
Sports…
25249 Rebecca Fielding – Cadet Wing Sports Public Information Officer (CWSPIO) – On Assignment #4 (W) Volleyball – Melissa McCoy Hometown: Kingston, ON Family: 1 Younger brother Degree: Psychology Trade: Air Logistics Position: Power Hitter / Middle One special memory you have from running is: Getting to know the girls on my team, they’re like…
Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean
Vendredi, le 18 novembre dernier, huit élèves-officiers du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean ont eu le privilège d’assister au dîner Vimy 2011 qui s’est déroulé au Musée canadien de la guerre à Ottawa. Dans l’ordre habituel, les Élèves-officiers Da Sun, Éric-Alexandre Berry, Ludovic Boisclair, Tamara Vander Velde, Grégory Hamel, Capitaine Alain Durand et les Élèves-officiers…
LA CHASSE-GALERIE – Looking for a Class to “take up the torch”
Looking for a Class to “take up the torch?” by 8788 Geoff Bennett On Friday morning, 23 September, fifteen red-shirted Ex-cadets left Ottawa in a blaze of glory and bagpipes. Piper John de Chastelain stood in the middle of the 10-metre canoe as the crew saluted Defence Minister Peter Mackay, VCDS Bruce Donaldson and the redoubtable Major Danny McLeod. We…
First Year @ RMC–1949 Got our rifles issued today; mine was just covered with grease and it was a helluva job cleaning it.
Week 12 at RMC for 3069 W.A. McColl Nov. 28 – 1949: The bugle band got practicing tonight in the Old Gym. I might get a bugle. We have 8 American style bugles and 6 drums. Went to the debate and enjoyed it very much. There were 2 girls from Queen’s and the topic was…
Eye-opening opportunity for Officer Cadets
III year Civ Eng Class Attend International Workshop on Smart Materials & Structures & NDT in Aerospace Conference By 25671 OCdt (III) J-L Armstrong In the Civil engineering program, Officer Cadets study structures extensively. One important, yet briefly covered aspect of the programme is structural health monitoring. Originally, to test the condition of an existing…
Ex-Cadets in the News
Canadian Forces successfully completes mission in Jamaica “We were privileged to have had this time to strengthen our relationships, through training and experience, with our partners in the Jamaica Defence Force. It’s my hope that we will continue to work together, both in the Caribbean and wherever we may be called upon to serve next.”…
Deaths Décès
2550 A.F Wrenshall WRENSHALL, Arthur F. – (WWII) – Peacefully in Belleville General Hospital on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 in his 93rd year surrounded by his family. Arthur was father, husband, grandfather, great grandfather, war hero, published author, business owner, and teacher, many things to many people. Arthur was a graduate of the Royal Military…
Careers Carrières & Tip of the Hat
Field Geologist / Géologue de terrain Xstrata Nickel – Mine Raglan, Northern Quebec Investigator/Analyst, Materials / Enquêteur/Analyste, Matériaux, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil Senior Project Manager – Civil Works / Gérant(e) de projets sénior – Travaux civils, Pomerleau, Montreal Project Manager / Gérant(e) de projets, Pomerleau, Sept-Îles Senior Mining Engineer–Ref.: 60-021 / Ingénieur minier sénior…
Book Review How to Make Your Military Member Association Today’s Success Story
How to Make Your Military Member Association Today’s Success Story by 13077 LCol (Ret) Dean C. Black, CD, B.Sc., MA, CAE Executive Director Air Force Association of Canada Sarah Sladek believes if your association has not resolved to dominate, then you should throw in the towel. In her book The End of Membership As We…
Victoria Edwards Did You Know
Did you know… An in depth look at military Coats of Arms found around the RMC Campus. E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) was curious about a carving on the overpass between Fort Haldimand dormitory and Yeo Hall at the Royal Military College of Canada. Neither she nor 7637 Dr. Chester Brown M.D., were able…
Two Ex Cadets recognized with honorary doctorates
Photos by 25782 OCdt Brandon Friesen The Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Peter MacKay, in his capacity as Chancellor of the Royal Military College of Canada conferred 61 undergraduate and graduate degrees during convocation on Thursday, November 17, 2011. “It’s a profound honour and a privilege to be at the Royal Military College of…