Class Notes
We are always on the look out for ex-Cadets to add to our Class Notes section. If you are an ex-Cadet, and you have something interesting going on in your life, we want to hear about it! Whether it’s career related or more in your personal/family life, we want to know to know what’s going…
The Way It Was… In Photos
Following photos layout & researched by 24647 Paul Lystiuk Over the past number of weeks we posted a number of “oldies but goodies photos” from the past 10 decades & beyond. Most of these photos have little or no captions. We retrieved them from both the Royal Military College of Canada library archives and an…
The Way it Was for Recruits in 1965: Then and Now
Recruit Camp In 1965 (click to enlarge) Fast Forward to FYOP 2012… As the Class of 2016 settled into the routine of FYOP, the First Year Orientation Program, 25366 Mike Shewfelt got out to record the sights around the College.
What are these 24 up to these days…?
1. Completed 21 years of service as a Tactical helicopter pilots flying missions in all parts of the world including, Haiti, Kosovo, Bosnia, Lebanon and Afghanistan 2. Consultant to OEMs in preparation of proposal documents to Department of National Defence and NAMSA in the areas of Systems Engineering, Integrated Logistics Support, Program Management 3. Senior…
Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean
Quelques semaines après leur arrivée au Collège, quelque 140 élèves-officiers du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean ont pris part à traditionnelle course à obstacle le 31 août dernier, suite à un exigeant programme d’orientation. Un des obstacles les plus spectaculaires est le « rampement ». Crédit photo: Mario Poirier Les élèves-officiers du Collège militaire royal…
Ironman Team Gears Up for Future Challenges
Petawawa Ironman Team Takes On Petawawa Ironman Training Event Article by 25887 OCdt (IV) Daniel Wilkinson – Photos by: Sonia Sansoucy On Sunday August 26th at 0700, participants and support personnel of the Petawawa Ironman Training Event (PITE) gathered in the Brock Squadron lounge to learn about the daunting task that was before them. This…
The Week That Was…Skylarks & Much More
Cadets Back and So Are Skylarks 25804 Francis Holtken With the new DCdts, LCol Patrick Lemyre, expressing his love for skylarks and with the new approval system in place, the intent in the skylark seen above, where the tables in the Dining Hall were rearranged to say “C Div”, was to show that skylarks were still something…
Baffin Expedition: Crossing the 100 km Akshayuk Pass
To the ends of the Earth! The return of two cadet teams from safe and successful expeditions to the tundras of Baffin Island and the rainforests of Ecuador marks a seminal moment for RMCC’s own Expedition Club before this coming 2012/13 academic year. With an increasingly complex world to explore, the club’s Executive Committee is…
2012 Amazon Expedition: Adventurous Humanitarianism in Ecuador
2012 Amazon Expedition By 25743 Stacey Litjens Cusan, Expedition Leader From the 12th of August until the 27th of August, the RMCC Expedition Club’s 2012 Amazon Expedition team set off to Ecuador on a trip unlike any other. The team worked with VESA (Volunteer Eco Students Abroad) and devoted one week for humanitarian aid in…
Careers | Carrières / Tip of the Hat / Realtors / Why Not Be a 212 Partner?
Metallurgist – REQ12-073 / Métallurgiste – REQ12-073 Xstrata Nickel – Mine Raglan, Northern Quebec Project Manager and Design Engineer / Ingénieur conception et Chargé de projet Capt-Air Inc., Montreal Researcher – Protective equipment / Chercheur en équipement de protection IRSST, Montreal Transportation Engineer / Ingénieur des transports CN Railway, Edmonton/Montreal Electrical Engineer /…
“That decision firmly established the pattern of RMC’s contribution to the nation’s security and development…” The Founding of RMC, Part 4
This is the conclusion of a four part series on the politics and people involved with the creation of the Royal Military College of Canada. It is taken from pages removed from the “Queen’s Quarterly 74, no. 3 (Autumn 1967), ” found in the shoe box of old photos in Panet House. The Founding of…
Deaths | Décès
McCALLUM, Gavin Lindsay – Lieutenant-Commander CD RCN Passed away peacefully 29 August 2012 at the age of 51. Leaves behind his wife, 15946 Jill Carleton (sons Shawn Hambley, Christopher Hambley) of Osgoode, ON., sister Martha McCallum (husband David Ball, daughter Dana Ball) of Oakville ON., and many other family members, friends, colleagues and shipmates. Gavin…