Year in Review – October
October A Mile-a-Minute on Parliament Hill: Centre Block to the Rideau Club! Expedition Club Leadership Series: OCdt Kai Zhao CDS Transition Intent Focus On Training Wing Staff: Maj Robert Parent, RMCC Chief Instructor First Years Experience Life After FYOP RMCC Gangnam Style: Behind the Scenes (and video) 12192 Gen Tom Lawson Becomes 18th CDS The Week…
Year in Review – November
November Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean Spotlight on College Military Staff: CPO1 Keith Davidson, RMCC Chief Warrant Officer Training Continues for Class of 2016 Cadets All Over the Place on Remembrance Day 19706 LCol Patrick Lemyre, RMCC Director of Cadets / 19706 Le Lieutenant-colonel Patrick Lemyre, Directeur des éleves-officiers au CMRC “Fixture” of…
Year Winding Down – December
Cadet Wing Leadership Officially Hands Over the Reigns As the Fall Semester comes to an end, the senior leadership of the Cadet Wing is in transition. The new barslate will not officially be on the job until January, when they will have a number of workshops to prepare them for their roles, but the official…
Notices | Avis
Add Calgary Branch to those hosing special events in December: Monday 28th December 1900-2300 at the Calgary Garrison Officers’ Mess (Mewata Armoury). Dress is business casual. Ex Cadets and current cadets attending RMCC and RMCSJ are all invited to attend. For further info – contact Branch president – Tim Toews – tktoews@gmail.com Edmonton / Hamilton…
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NEW…NEW…NEW…LATE BREAKING NEWS! Returning Classes (’53, ‘58, ‘63, ‘68, ’73, ’78, ’83, ’88, ’93, ’98, ’03 & ’08) Take Note… REUNION WEEKEND 2013 – at Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) The NEW dates FOR 2013 Reunion Weekend are 26, 27, 28 & 29 Sept. Legacy Dinner will be on the 26th. The new dates…
Class Notes
We are always on the lookout for ex-Cadets to add to our Class Notes section. If you are or if you know of an Ex Cadet with something interesting going on, we want to hear about it! Whether it’s career related or more on the personal/family life, we would like to know what’s going on…
Ex-Cadets & More in the News
Ex-cadets in attendance Dec 8th. – Back row: (from LT to RT) Dick Girling / Lee Smith / Christopher J Robinson / Ed deCaux / Mark Shaddock / Claude Michon. Seated: (from LT to RT) Bruce Rutherford / Allen Kear / Bob Simpson / Jacques Gagné / Peter Flynn Manitoba Branch Christmas Meet & Greet…
Kingston Branch Gets Briefing on the Holy Land
Monthly Luncheon Relocates for Informative Lecture Article and Photos by 25366 Mike Shewfelt This past Monday saw members of the Kingston Branch of the RMC Club of Canada meet on a different day and in a different venue, then they usually have. With the College Senior Staff Mess closed down for renovations, the members met…
E3161 Victoria Edwards in conversation with 4100 Jacques Choquette
E3161 Victoria Edwards in conversation with 4100 Jacques Choquette (CMR RMC 1959) who served as RMC Club President 1988-9. jacques.choquette@forces.gc.ca e-Veritas: What extracurricular activities were you involved with at Military College? Did you hold leadership position(s)? Jacques Choquette: I played intermural sports. I had a bit of a struggle both academically and athletically, and this…
Announcements…
The Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) and the CDA are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2013 Ottawa Conference on Defence and Security 21-22 February 2013 Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel Ottawa, Canada To register, please visit: http://www.cda-cdai.ca/cdai/defence-seminars/conference2013 or call 613-236-9903 or email specialevents@cda-cdai.ca Day 1 – 21 February 2013…
Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean
Le 1er novembre dernier, quatre élèves-officiers (Élof Barette, Élof Bobes, Élof Côté et Élof Rouette) accompagné par leur commandant, Colonel Guy Maillet, ont eu la formidable expérience d’aller à un souper au mess de l’armée de terre à l’occasion d’un rassemblement de la branche des Clubs des Collèges Militaires Royaux. Ces derniers ont eu l’opportunité…
College Engineers Get Visit from Branch Chief
MGen Whitecross Talks Future of Military Engineers Article and Photos by 25366 Mike Shewfelt MGen Chris Whitecross, OMM, CD, the Chief Military Engineer of the Canadian Forces, paid a visit to RMCC this past Tuesday. Over the course of the afternoon, she met with College Commandant BGen Eric Tremblay before speaking to College Engineers in…