Register Now for Royal Roads Virtual Homecoming
Royal Roads University’s Homecoming will be virtual this year. Join us online on Friday September 10th at 15:00 PDT for this year’s Virtual Homecoming Celebrations to reconnect with your Royal Roads Ex-Cadet family. In the absence of not being able to be on campus, our virtual celebrations hope to bring connection, inspiration and a welcome…
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 [email protected]. Please also note that as the situation in Afghanistan continues to evolve some articles…
RMC Welcomes the Class of 2025 / RMC accueille la promotion 2025
Welcome to First Year! In the last two weeks, the members of the Class of ’25 have completed their Military Indoctrination Period, where they learned about: CAF Rank and Command Structure; Dress and Deportment; Profession of Arms; Defence Ethics; Harmful & Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour Awareness and Prevention; Suicide Awareness; and Mental Resiliency Training. Today, the…
RMC Welcomes ALOY 2021 Students / Le CMR accueille les étudiants du PILA 2021
Welcome to #RMC! #TruthDutyValour ! The 18 Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year (ALOY) 2021 students received today at RMC their Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) cap badges. This marks the completion of their orientation program, and officially welcomes them to the CAF and the RMC Family. ALOY is a unique one-year program designed to provide students of…
Two Perspectives on TDV Part 1: 10155 Greg Mitchell
Personal Thoughts on Truth, Duty, Valour from 10155 Gregory B. Mitchell, Class of 1974 As we know from experience, the Royal Military Colleges (RMC) are structured, focused, and demanding in so many ways. As with other universities, they offer a safe environment in which to question, to learn, to grow, and to find our place…
Two Perspectives on TDV Part 2: 10970 Karmin McKay
“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” – Winston Churchill “Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers.” – George S. Patton “The essence of duty is acting in the absence of orders or direction from…
6560 Andrew Nellestyn’s Food for Thought: The Impossible Dream
TILTING AT WINDMILLS: THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM OF THE MAN OF LA MANCHA Bernard Shaw: “Sensible people try to adapt to the world. Foolish people try to adapt the world to the things they believe in. It is thanks to foolish people that humanity has evolved.” – AN
12570 Mike Kennedy Reviews “Seconds Out” by Alison Dean
Book Review: “Seconds Out,” by Alison Dean Published by Coach House Books, 268 pp. $21.95 Review by 12570 Mike Kennedy In an article published in the November 1979 edition of The Washingtonian magazine, U.S. Naval Academy graduate James Webb ignited a firestorm of controversy when he unequivocally declared that “Women Can’t Fight”. At the time, the…
The Class of ’79 Remembers: Mutiny on Mount Benson
With thanks to M0137 Larry Richardson and the Class of 1979 At RRMC, during our first year, the second year cadets came up with the bone head idea that a “Pre-BOTC” adventure was just what the first year cadets needed to properly prepare them for BOTC at Borden in the following summer of 1976. One of…
From 12570 Mike Kennedy: RMC – Forty Years On (Part 2)
Above: Photo of #290 John Edwards Leckie taken sometime during his service with the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), 1914 – 1918. RMC – Forty Years On By 290 J.E. Leckie Originally written in 1933 Transcribed by 12570 Mike Kennedy Part II We had to spend one hour every evening in the gym, must roll the tennis…
Ask the Expert: Safer Fun in the Sun / Des conseils d’expert : Du plaisir au soleil, en toute sécurité
Article by Dr. Darrell Menard Q: My job requires me to be outside a lot and I also enjoy fishing, golfing, cross-country skiing, and walking. Several months ago, my partner discovered a spot on my back. The spot was removed and fortunately showed no evidence of cancer. This incident gave me quite a scare and…
A170 Tom Rozman: The Value of Mentorship
Above: The Color of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division The Mentor—“I want you to write an article for Infantry Magazine” Article by A170 Tom Rozman It was summer 1984. The 1st Armored Division’s 2nd Brigade was the largest divisional tank brigade in the U.S. 7th Army and likely the largest tank brigade in NATO…