The Class of ’79: Roads Memories – Junior Duty Cadet
With thanks to 12317 Scott Mills and the Class of ’79 One of the enduring and ubiquitous things in military life is the concept of Duty Personnel. Not people doing their usual duty, but rather playing a role where they are doing something extra on top of their daily job. At Royal Roads, that task…
8117 Doug Ferris Remembers: 1965 Needle Parade at Royal Roads
This little anecdote from the past is focused to my 1965 intake Royal Roads classmates, but all may appreciate the circumstances. It was a pleasant enough Saturday morning in September 1965. As new recruits of CSC Royal Roads we spent most of the morning wandering around the parade square in somewhat straight and approximately parallel…
Remember When: Skylark Leads to Close Encounter with Wolfe Island Ferry in 1970 / Vous souvenez-vous lorsqu’un « skylark » mena à un face à face avec le traversier de l’île Wolfe en 1970
Article by 10102 Pat Ellis One skylark I participated with at RMC (where skylarks are of course a bit of an art form) was at the end of my “Rook” (recruit) term in September 1970. It was the Saturday night before the Ex-Cadets weekend. That Ex Cadets weekend saw the last of many tasks to…
What’s Happening At RMC / Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR
(Tuesday, January 26, 2021) In anticipation of Thursday, January 28, the Bell Let’s Talk flag has been raised this morning at RMC reminding us all that it is more important now than ever to stay connected despite the pandemic. (Mardi 26 janvier 2021) En prévision de jeudi le 28 janvier, le drapeau Bell Let’s Talk…
Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean / What’s Happening at RMC Saint-Jean
(Mardi 26 janvier 2021) L’Adjudant-chef Pierre Paradis, directeur du Programme de leadership intermédiaire (PLI) de l’Institut de la profession des armes Robert Osside, reçoit sa deuxième barrette de la décoration des Forces canadienne (CD2) pour 32 années de loyauté et dévouement envers les Forces Armées Canadienne, le 20 janvier 2021, à Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec. Félicitations Pierre!…
Rencontrez 24577 Jeremy Arsenault, Officier des normes – Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean / Meet 24577 Jeremy Arsenault, Standards Officer at RMC Saint-Jean
Gracieuseté des Affaires publiques du CMR Saint-Jean / Courtesy of RMC Saint-Jean Public Affairs LIEUTENANT DE VAISSEAU JEREMY ARSENAULT Officier des normes – Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean Le lieutenant de vaisseau (Ltv) Jeremy Arsenault naît à Turtle Creek au Nouveau-Brunswick. En 2006, il s’enrôle dans la Marine et poursuit des études au Collège militaire…
Sports: RMC Rowing Coach Honoured with National Award
Article by Peter Reimer, Sports Information and Promotions Coordinator, Royal Military College of Canada Kingston, Ont. (January 27, 2021) – Paladins rowing coach Stephen Lutz earned a Long Service Award for his 25 years of dedication to the sport, as Rowing Canada (RCA) unveiled its 2020 Excellence Award winners throughout January. The RCA Awards recognize…
PSP Winter Challenge February 1-28, 2021 / Défi hivernal des PSP 1-28 février 2021
Courtesy of the Fort St-Jean Branch / Gracieuseté de la Chapitre Fort St-Jean The PSP Winter Challenge is a fun way to be active and healthy! From Feb 1-28, 2021, challenge yourself to complete 600 minutes of Physical Activity over the course of the month. Track your total activity minutes and compete against other people…
Dr. Alan Whitehorn: Education and the Military in a Revolutionary Era
Alan Whitehorn is a professor emeritus of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada and is an Armenian-Canadian poet. Originally published in the online newspaper 168.am Yerevan, Armenia on January 14, 2021, and reprinted with his permission. An earlier version of this article was originally published as “Gay academic, leftist intellectual helped win…
17789 Leona Alleslev: NATO Science and Technology Committee – Defence Innovation Special Report
This special report provides a brief overview of the challenges that the Alliance is facing on the defence innovation front and how member nations and NATO as an organisation have begun to tackle the issue. Your rapporteur also outlines some of the challenges Allies are facing in implementing innovation and presents ideas of how NATO…
A170 Tom Rozman: Perspective on The Organization of the United States Corps of Cadets and the Cadet Corps Organization of Other Cadet Corps as Leadership Laboratories
Above: United States Corps of Cadets Article by A170 Tom Rozman From a five-decade perspective as a member of cadet organizations and user of the cadet organization model to develop leaders, I think there is some value in reflecting on the contribution of cadet corps organizations as valuable experiential leadership laboratories for the developing leader. …
Remembering My Friend: 8177 Col (Ret’d) Terry Rogers
By 7761 Mike Johnson (RMC ’69) On January 18, 2021 the Class of ’69 lost a highly respected classmate and many of us lost a close and long-time friend. We have many acquaintances in life but friends of over 55 years are exceptional and are to be cherished. Inevitably these rare friendships result in the…