Catching Up With the News
Forces: How fit is our fitness test? Vintage craft ready for takeoff at air rally Rewarding time as a soldier in Israel Heart-wrenching refresher of why we fight Taliban Fighting for our wounded soldiers A Son Goes Off To War Canada’s soldiers are losing an important battle: The PR battle
Retirements
13122 Col WJ (Bill) Kelly (RMC ’81) will retire from the Canadian Forces on 08 September 2008 after completing 31 years of dedicated and loyal service. Highlights of his career include postings as a CF104 Starfighter Line Servicing Officer on 421 Tactical Fighter Squadron, and as the Aircraft Maintenance Control Officer at 1 Air Maintenance…
Deaths | deces
S107 George Holbrook – (Follow-up from e-Veritas #25) Born: Dec. 16, 1917, in Saskatchewan – Died: July 15, 2008, of stroke complications. He founded the electrical engineering department at the Royal Military College. Much more _________________________________________________________ After a long and courageous battle with cancer Don (“Boots”) Boutillier passed away peacefully on Friday 1 Aug. “Boots”…
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FOOTLOOSE ON THE RMC CAMPUS It was the sort of morning that showed the RMC campus at its best. The sun shone brilliantly, the lake reflected the clear blue of the sky, and there was just enough breeze to dry the perspiration off one’s skin. I had just finished some business at the RMC Club…
In This Issue 28
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. 2008 VIMY AWARD WINNER NAMED; BOOT CAMP READY TO START; “CUSH” HOCKEY & FENCING; EX CADETS IN…
Top Headlines
S 148 GENERAL (Ret’d) RICK HILLIER – 2008 VIMY AWARD WINNER The Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) is pleased to announce that General (Ret’d) Rick Hillier has been unanimously selected as the recipient of the Vimy Award for 2008. The award will be presented on Friday, 14 November, at a mixed gala dinner…
What’s Happening At RMC
Boot Camp Starts This Week! By: WJO For the first time in recent history, RMC cadets instead of commencing their basic military officer qualification (BMOQ) at a place like Chilliwack, B.C. or Ste Jean, PQ will do it at RMC – much like the good ole days. As we were going to press with this…
Ex-Cadets in the News
14596 Col. Dean Milner (RRMC RMC ’84), commander of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, the larger-than-life character who runs Petawawa and is responsible for Canadian army training, carries the enormous responsibility of ensuring that the next contingent bound for Afghanistan, more than 1,500 men and women, is fully trained and ready for anything the Taliban…
Catching Up With the News
Ridout Row, Royal Military College of Canada, (Canadian Defence Academy) is a nominee for the 2008 Livable City Design Awards in the Renovation – Industrial, Commercial & Institutional (ICI) category. Kingston Livable City Awards is aimed at promoting excellence in urban design by recognizing outstanding projects in the areas of new construction, renovation,…
Where are they now?
Proud Grandfather, Flying Officer (Ret’d) Walter Knott, is shown above pinning on wings to one of Canada’s newest fighter pilots – 23485 Will Livingston (RMC ’06) By: 23996 Alex (a.k.a. Cush) Cushley (RMC ’08) Often times Cadets compare the social experience of their time spent at the college to living in a cave, separated and…
Flashback | Rétrospective
…… This the third in a series of article on former CMC Commandants. Like the first two – on General (ret’d) Jean Boyle and Captain (ret’d) Dave Bindernagel, the interview was carried out by E 3161 Victoria Edwards. _______________________________________________________……………………………………………. 9098 BGen (Ret’d) Ken KC Hague (CMR RMC ’72) just recently retired as Vice President, Resource…