“This is only the beginning” – Class of 2025 Officially Joins the Wing / « Ce n’est que le début » – La promotion de 2025 rejoint officiellement l’escadre
Photos by S1 Lisa Anne Sheppard with MCpl Rod Doucet, RMC Public Affairs Article by 25366 Anna-Michelle Shewfelt (Sunday, September 19, 2021) Yesterday the Class of 2025 stood where so many have stood before them and received their RMC cap badges to officially join the Cadet Wing. And while the traditions remain the same, the…
Les élofs et les aspms donnent tout sur la course à obstacles du CMR Saint-Jean / Cadets Give Their All on RMC Saint-Jean Obstacle Course
Gracieuseté des Affaires publiques du CMR Saint-Jean / Courtesy of RMC Saint-Jean Public Affairs (vendredi 10 septembre 2021) Demain matin, la course à obstacle va mettre nos Elof et Aspm à l’épreuve mentalement et physiquement. En après-midi, leurs efforts des dernières semaines seront récompensés alors qu’ils recevront leur insigne du Collège militaire royal du Canada.…
Les élofs et les aspms marquent la fin du POPA au CMR Saint-Jean avec la cérémonie de remise des insignes/ Cadets Mark End of FYOP at RMC Saint-Jean with Badging Ceremony
Gracieuseté des Affaires publiques du CMR Saint-Jean / Courtesy of RMC Saint-Jean Public Affairs (samedi 11 septembre 2021) La cérémonie de remise des insignes a marqué un jalon important pour les nouveaux elofs et aspm aujourd’hui. Ils ont maintenant complété leur Programme d’orientation de première année. (Saturday, September 11, 2021) The badging ceremony marked a…
Alumni Making the News / Des anciens font l’actualité
Editor’s Note: The articles included below do not represent all military college alumni in the news. If you know of a news-worthy individual that we missed or you’d like to add a story of your own, please contact us at Anna-Michelle.Shewfelt@rmc.ca. Thank you. // Note de l’éditrice: Les articles inclus ci-dessous ne représentent pas tous…
Dear RMC Diary: 15566 Helga Rausch Remembers Rook Term
Dear RMC Diary The first instalment of a periodic feature, being a series of excerpts from the diary kept by 15566 Helga D. Rausch, RMC 1982-86. Member of Brant and Wolfe Squadrons. Honours English and Philosophy, Varsity Fencer (Edited to protect the guilty…) 3 January 1983 Notice I didn’t make the usual goof and put…
10970 Karmin McKay: “Generals, RSM’s and Troopers are people just like you”
Generals, RSMs and Troopers are people, just like you. Article by 10970 Karmin McKay “A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.” – General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur “We have good corporals and sergeants, and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far…
12570 Mike Kennedy Reviews “Hal Moore on Leadership” by LGen Harold G. Moore and Mike Guardia
Book Review: “Hal Moore on Leadership,” by Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore and Mike Guardia Published by Magnum Books, 155 pp. $19.95 Review by 12570 Mike Kennedy In 1965 many Americans were still only vaguely aware of the fact that their country was fighting a war in Vietnam, but the year would nonetheless prove to be…
The Class of ’79 Remembers: Yeates Runs a Circle
With thanks to 12353 Ian Yeates and the Class of ’79 We all recall, no doubt with mixed feelings, the summary punishment known as ‘circles’. These were awarded for minor infractions of a trivial nature that all recruits were (and no doubt remain) inclined to commit on a regular basis. Most during the Recruit Term…
We Get Emails: Some ‘Vintage’ Photos of the 1956 Prep Year Entry Class at CMR
The following comes from 5119 Bill Shead. On 6 September 173 young fellows took the oath to become members of the Canadian Forces as Officer/Naval Cadets at College Militaire Royal de St. Jean (CMR). Attached are a number of photos taken in 1956 (65 years ago), 1959 (final year at CMR), and 2006 (50th Anniversary…
Class of 2025 begins academic year with new “4-Pillar Degree” programmes / La promotion 2025 commence l’année académique avec de nouveaux programmes de “Diplôme à 4 piliers”
Courtesy of RMC Public Affairs / Avec l’aimable autorisation des Affaires publiques du CMR Photos by S1 Lisa Anne Sheppard, RMC Public Affairs / Affaires publiques du CMR (Wednesday, September 8, 2021) September 7, 2021 marked the first day of classes (remotely delivered) for undergraduate students for academic year 21/22. Of more historical importance, September…
Ask the Expert: Dealing with my COVID “19” / Des conseils d’expert : Composer avec la « COVID-19 livres »
Article by Dr. Darrell Menard Q: I have worked from home for over a year because of the pandemic. In addition, I have limited my travelling to essential things like medical appointments and grocery shopping. Something I have not changed is my exercise routine which involves a combination of running, cycling and weights. Despite this,…
Dr. Alan Whitehorn: Renaming History
Dr. Alan Whitehorn is a poet, professor emeritus of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada, and is an Aurora Forum Goodwill Ambassador and is also the author of several books on genocide, including The Armenian Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide. The following article is reprinted with his permission from 168, a Yerevan, Armenia newspaper,…