Uncategorized – Two Books
RMC in popular culture… Dr. David Clark’s Canadian Army Trilogy, The Ridge (1994), Lamone (2001) and Lucifer’s Gate 2002 outlines the stories of two generations of the Warwick family and the Canadian Army in the Great War. Dr. David Clark, a practising psychiatrist in Barrie, Ontario attended medical school through the Regular Officers Training Plan,…
In This Issue 29
Affiliez vous au Club des CMR du Canada In this issue: To find an article: copy title into the search bar on the top of the website and press the ‘enter’ key. To search for an individual: type their name into the search bar and press the ‘enter’ key. RECRUITS MOVE INTO WEEK II; RUGBY…
Top Headlines
Pictured is 24239 OCdt Kyle Dowd teaching newly arrived recruits to RMC the proper way to salute. UTPNCM / ROTP WORK AS TEAM TO TEACH NEW RECRUITS By: 23996 Alex aka “Cush” Cushley May 2008 – The Canadian Forces welcomed its newest members to its officer corps as 250 or so Officer Cadets of RMC…
What’s Happening At RMC
Varsity Sports Interviews: This is the 4th in a series of interviews carried out by 23996 OCdt, IV Year – Alex Cushley (a.k.a. Cush) who has spent a good part of the summer contacting as many varsity coaches as he could. Due to the busy summer schedule of many of the coaches, and their limited…
Misc
RMC CLUB / FOUNDATION UPDATE: FINAL DESIGN OF THE LEONARD BIRCHALL PAVILION AT RMC These views shows the surrounding landscaping, footpaths and greenery that RMC will install as part of the $300,000 public contribution to the project. BGen Lawson has committed a large sum, in addition to these improvements, to the Ridout Row…
Ex-Cadets in the News
21976 Frédéric Guénette (RMC ’01) Last May, Captain Frédéric Guénette of 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron was granted the qualification of Chinook pilot at the United States Army Aviation Centre of Excellence in Fort Rucker, Alabama. He is taking up the position as the squadron’s resource person for the legendary two-propeller helicopter and will continue his…
Where are they now?
20994 Nicole (McNutt-Holland) Schur (RMC ’98) and her husband, 21295 Brad Schur (’98), currently reside in Kingston, Ontario where Nicole has been a licensed Sales Representative for Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty since 2007. She recently retired from the Airforce after 15 years of service as an Aerospace Engineer and is excited to set up permanent…
Quotation | Citation
“With climate change and the opening of the Northwest Passage, we’re seeing increases in all those areas,” said Brig-Gen. David Millar, commander of Joint Task Force North.“Our scenarios are focused on the types of marine disasters that could potentially happen with a sharp increase in naval activity in the North.” 14474 David Millar (RMC ’84)…
Trivia | Bagatelle
Who am I? I am an engineering graduate of the Royal Military College From 1912-1917, I surveyed, designed and supervised the construction of the present Welland Canal, one of Canada’s greatest engineering feats My goal was a longer, wider and deeper canal on a shorter north-south route across the escarpment to replace the inefficient outdated…
Flashback | Rétrospective
Next in our series on RMC – Military Colleges Commandants, we have gone all the way back to the beginning. Lt-Gen. Edward Osborne Hewett – RMC’s First Commandant Lt-Gen. Edward Osborne Hewett was born in Llantrisant parish, near Pontypridd, Wales. His father was a justice of the peace, colonel of militia, and deputy-lieutenant of Glamorgan…
Reunions
REUNION – 2008 – Fin de semaine de réunion Schedule of Events / Calendrier des activités __________________________________________________ Legacy Dinner – We need your help! Over the past 11 years, the tradition has been for Ex cadets to sponsor cadets. We have “volunteered” once again to assist in this process. At the present time we still…
Extra Innings
Fit for the uniform Liam Wright excelled in the classroom as well as on the basketball court while at Ridley College. But instead of pursuing a career in medicine or law, as many of his friends have, he’s trading in his school colours for camouflage Posted By GRANT LAFLECHE – St. Catharines Standard In more…