Flashback | Rétrospective
Update on the Top Aces 17428 Paul Bouchard (RRMC RMC ’90), 19282 Didier Toussaint (CMR RMC ’90) and 18846 Dave Jennings (RMC ’93), three former CF-18 pilots, founded Top Aces Inc. in Pointe Claire, QC in 2000. They first
Extra Innings
Raytheon — GENERAL HILLIERS STEPS DOWN AS CDS — On Tuesday April 15 General Rick Hillier, Chief of the Defence Staff, announced that he would be stepping down from this role in July. Links to the English and French versions of the official statement are below. English French
Notices | Avis
The Royal Military College, Saint-Jean (CMR Saint-Jean) invites applications for tenure track positions in: Mathematics, Social Sciences and Humanities, French Literature and English Literature at the assistant professor level or, exceptionally, at a level appropriate with the candidate’s experience. CMR Saint-Jean, a college-level institution was established in January 2008. Its mandate is to prepare High-School…
Trivia | Bagatelle
Who am I * Under exercise conditions, as a cadet-midshipman in HMCS Yukon in an exercise off Northern Ireland where HMS Ocelot tried to penetrate our screen, we in the surface ship were able to continue tracking a highly-evasive conventional submarine until we forced it to the surface. * I had been on board HMCS…
Retirements
Ratheon 10101 Commander Robert (Bob) S Edwards (RMC ’74) MARS 00207 (718) will retire from the Reg F on 9 Jun 08 after 37 plus years of loyal and dedicated service to Canada and the CF. Cdr Robert Edwards, a MARS officer, joined the CF in 1970 and graduated from RMC with an honours bachelor…
Quotation | Citation
Raytheon “As far as school goes, going to RMC it will be much more demanding than going to a normal university, so it will be tough to get used to. There isn’t too much military stuff done during school, it’s mostly done in the summer. They employ you in the summertime as you learn the…
Deaths | deces
3293 Mr Gordon Louis Kilger (RRMC RMC ’54), 76 passed away on April 15, 2008, in Glen Haven Manor, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He attended the University of Winnipeg, becoming an electrical engineer, then attended Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont., where he was enrolled in the ROTP. He later went on to Royal Roads…
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Please find attached an article pertaining to the Lt(N) Chris Saunders Memorial Hockey tournament that took place, here in Halifax, last weekend. I respectfully request that this be printed/posted in e-Veritas. If required, I believe Formation Imaging Services took photos of the closing ceremony. I too have photos that I must send from my civvie…
In This Issue 14
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. Cadets to look like Cadets again; Treachery outdoes youth; RMC Prof loses job; 7 Ex cadets in…
Top Headlines
RMC’s new Dress of the Day uniform as of fall 2008 (Click for larger view) Photo credit: Steve McQuaid By: Captain Paule Poulin – RMC PAO In the fall of 2008, RMC cadets will return to wearing a distinctive Dress of the Day (DOD) uniform both in Kingston and St-Jean. This new uniform was designed…