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ISSUE 18 AVAILABLE – 1 MAY RMC Club Strategic Survey Link The use of College numbers in this survey is to control multiple or failed submissions, and to ensure respondents are qualified. No use will be made of the number other than for data cleansing and no matching of individuals will be made. At the…
Half-Way Point for Exams; Cadets Attend Army Ball
Above: Moments before the buzzer sounds, cadets settle in for a 3 hour exam. There’s a Light at the End of the Tunnel, Sort of… Article by 25366 NCdt (IV) Mike Shewfelt This past Saturday morning wrapped up the first of two weeks of exams for the Cadet Wing, and the halls of RMC…
RMC Looks Up…Way Up…
“FLOAT 3” Continues RMC’s Race for Space By Dr. Ron Vincent, Director, Centre for Space Research RMCC Space Science students recently conducted a high altitude balloon mission to test an Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) receiver payload, which is intended to eventually fly in space. ADS-B is a system in which aircraft continually transmit…
In Russia: Red Square, Caviar and Swords
In Russia: Red Square, Caviar and Swords The first amazing moment as a coach is when you realize that the calculations for Canadian points are correct, and yes indeed your RMC-CISM athlete has qualified for the Canadian Junior National Team. The second amazing moment is when you are informed there is funding and support to…
Pleins Feux sur les Professeurs: Mme Sophie Bastien
Mme Sophie Bastien: transmet la passion qu’elle entretient à l’égard de la littérature Écrit par 25813 Fanie Simard Mme Sophie Bastien enseigne depuis près de 20 ans aujourd’hui, raffole de la nature et entretient son énergie physique et son bon moral en pratiquant régulièrement le jogging et la natation. On peut donc la qualifier de…
Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean
Military College Exercises Freedom of the City Photo: Le 19 mai prochain, le traditionnel défilé qui marque la fin de l’année scolaire aura lieu au Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR Saint-Jean) sous la présidence du Général Natynczyk, Chef d’état-major de la Défense. Crédit photo : Christian Jacques The parade marking the end…
Extraordinary Ex-Cadets: 17834 Jim Fasano
25366 NCdt (IV) Mike Shewfelt recently had the opportunity to correspond with 17834 Jim Fasano on his life and career since he graduated from RMC in 1991. e-Veritas: What have you been doing since you left RMC…? 17834 Jim Fasano: I spent five years in the military after graduation. I was a Computer Engineering major,…
Class Notes…Includes a Tim Justice SOS to 100 of his ’82 buds
3169 Bill Smallwood, Class of Class of ’53: After thirteen years of interviews and research in archives, museums and libraries (the best source was the NDHQ library), I had my first book published in 2004. I have visited schools and chatted about the capture of Quebec, the Halifax Explosion and early airforce work in the…
What are these 24 Up to these Days
1. Deputy commander of an infantry company at Canadian Forces 2. HR & Safety Coordinator at Moncion Grocers 3. DAP Student at Sauder School of Business at UBC, and Adjutant at British Columbia Regiment (DCO) 4. Six Sigma Master Black Belt (on hiatus as ‘mom’ and ‘kept domestic efficiency engineer’) 5. Sessional Assistant Professor…
“You are the College, and it’s continuing glory rests in your hands…”
First Year / Winter Term @ RMC, April 1950 – 3069 W.A. McColl 24 April 1950 Since Thursday we’ve written French. Engineering Drawing & Military Studies today, which winds up the exams. On Saturday Barry Hercus had me into dinner at his place after we had dates, but never again, she lives too far away.…
Opinion: Two Military Colleges – More Than A Subtle Difference
5119 Bill Shead shared the article on the recent Cadet visit to Australia with Dr. Ian Pfennigwerth an Australian friend of some four decades. Ian Pfenningwerth and Bill Shead met in HMAS Melbourne when they were on the staff of Admiral Bill Dovers Royal Australian Navy – the Officer in Tactical Command for an international…
The Colwood Pub & Grill: RIP & “Cracks in the code”
The Colwood Pub & Grill built in 1937 is favorably remembered by Royal Roads Ex-Cadets from 1940 to 1995. The pub building is being removed for a major new development. The developer has offered the it to Royal Roads University but the expense of moving and siting of same have not yet been considered by…