Meet the Branches – Kingston Branch
The branch covers a wide geographic area of Eastern Ontario East/West from Cornwall to Trenton and North to Perth. Although we have over two hundred alumni on our membership list, only about twenty-five are active. Prior to COVID, we held monthly luncheons at the RMC Senior Staff Mess which usually featured a guest speaker. Other social activities include Spring and Fall “formal” dinners, a Valentines luncheon and a summer barbecue. Humanitarian activities have included Habitat for Humanity and donations to various charitable cause, the most recent being a large donation to Homes for Heroes.
They Proudly Served – LCol (Ret’d) 10386 Chas Cormier
Charles Cormier discovered an interest in military operations in high school. After a classroom presentation of the Canadian Armed Forces Officer Training Plan, he enlisted in the Reserves at the age of 16. At 18, he transferred to the Regular Force and began his studies at the Royal Military College St-Jean. “I didn’t want to put financial stress on my parents.”
The Class of 1979 Remembers – Skylarks
It was a dark and stormy night on the 13th of October 1977 … okay not really – it was actually quite a nice but cool late evening, as six intrepid III year members of 4 Squadron, under cover of darkness, gathered stealthily around the base of the Memorial Arch – 12249 Terry Wood, 12207 Kevin McCarthy, 12218 Wayne Murray, 12357 Steve Zuber, 12154 Mark Beaulieu, and 12114 Brian Pitman.
Alumni in the News
Centenarian veteran RCNSE86 Peter Chance survived Battle of the Atlantic, D-Day and Korean War
Alumni and the Olympic Connection
In early February we were contacted by 17324 Sharon Donnelly, RMC Class of 1990, (also an Olympic Athlete) to let us know that the 2022 Beijing Olympics had an Alumni Connection.
Sports News
OUA Sports action is back after a brief hiatus due to COVID restrictions across the province.
A Journey into the past, the present and the future of the COVID-19 Virus
The Chapitre Fort Saint-Jean Branch in collaboration with the Royal Military Colleges Alumni Association Inc. invite you to attend “A Journey into the past, the present and the future of the COVID-19 Virus” with panelists Dr. Mathieu Simon, md, frcpc, fccm and Dr. Marc Dauphin, retired military doctor who was commander of the military hospital in Kandahar.
