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My name is Capt Anthony Robb and I am a combat engineer with 2 Combat Engineer Regiment. In addition, I graduated RMC in 2004 and have since served in Gagetown (trg), Petawawa, Toronto and back to Petawawa. In 2006, while serving as the 1 Tp Commander, 23 Fd Sqn, I deployed to Afghanistan as part…
Clearing the Way: Combat Engineers in Afghanistan
“Stories from the Combat Roads” By Capt. EJH Stewart “Stories,” writes author Tim O’Brien, “are for those late hours in the night when you can’t remember how you got from where you were, to where you are. Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased.” Over 34,000 Canadian Forces members have been deployed to Afghanistan…
Bill Sergeant will retire on 07 Sep 10 after 38 years
11002 LCol Bill Sergeant, OMM, CD (RMC 1976) will retire on 07 Sep 10 after 38 years of illustrious service to the Queen, Canada, the Air Force, NATO and its Aerospace Engineers and Maintainers. While at RMC he played varsity football and varsity basketball, graduating during RMC’s centennial year with the Class of 1976 with…
Deaths | Décès
2759 Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Jean Charles Bernand Forbes (RMC 1942) was 89 when he died of kidney failure May 19, 2010 in Saint-Anne-de-Beaupré, Que. He leaves Nicole Pomerleau, his wife of 65 years, and their sons, Pierre and Martin. Jean Charles Bertrand Forbes, a fifth-generation Quebecker, was born in Matane on March 19, 1921. Soldiering,…
You May Know These 24…But Do You Really Know Them?
.. Match up the photo to the clue: hails from North Battleford, Saskatchewan; competed at World Debating Championships in Dublin as a Cadet; past Senior Manager, Face to Face Channel Optimization at American Express; current Senior Manager, Design & Process, Change & Learning at The Home Depot. played hockey for Roy Reid & Wayne Pinter;…
3, 005.10 miles in 10 days 8 hours 36 minutes – Mission Accomplished!
Mission Accomplished! 3, 005.10 miles in 10 days 8 hours 36 minutes – on a bike! Tony O’Keeffe was the Top North American and the only Canadian to finish Race Across America (RAAM). Overall he finished in fourth place with a time of 10 days 8 hours 36 minutes. Jure Robic – Slovenia; Gerhard Gulewicz…
CoC Le mardi 22 juin 2010, à 11h @ RMCSJ 22 June
Passation de commandement et changement d’assignation d’Adjudant-chef du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR Saint-Jean) tiendra une cérémonie le 22 juin qui soulignera la passation de commandement entre le Colonel François Pion et le Colonel Guy Maillet ainsi que le changement d’assignation d’Adjudant-chef entre l’Adjudant-chef Serge Beaudoin et le…
ALOY GRADUATES Ten – Five Returning as I Years; and a Prep Heading to RMCSJ
Three photo credits – Brad Lowe Last Friday (18 June) RMC Kingston was the site of the second graduation parade for the Aboriginal Leadership Orientation Year (ALOY) program. The ALOY Program commenced in August of 2008, accepting Aboriginal students from across Canada to participate. The Royal Military College Program design included academic development, physical fitness…
Where Are They Now?
Michelle Whitty Off To Med School in Sept 22807 Capt Adjutant Michelle Whitty (RMC 2004) is a civil engineer and Combat Engineer Officer currently at the Mapping and Charting Establishment (MCE) which provides Geospatial Information and Geomatics Support to the Canadian Forces. She recently returned from a six-month tour of duty to Kandahar Airfield (KAF)…
Ex-Cadets & More in the News
‘Completely out of the blue’: Canadian commander back in charge in Afghanistan “I have commander’s intuition on this, but I am a little bit new on the ground to say it for sure, so I’ve challenged my staff to figure this out,” he said. “It is important to us because we want to make certain…
Vancouver Island Ex-Cadet Club June Luncheon
Vancouver Island Ex-Cadet Club June Luncheon On 10 June 2010 the Vancouver Island Branch held its final monthly luncheon for this season. Thanks to our very close relationship with Royal Roads University we were invited to hold the event on the Quarterdeck in the Grant Block at Royal Roads. We had an excellent turnout of…
RMC Looking for Running Coach & Catching Up With the News
RMC Varsity Men’s and Women’s Running Team Coach (Contract Position) The Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) is seeking a highly-motivated and organized individual to serve as the head coach of its varsity running team. Under the direction of the Varsity Manager, the Head Coach is responsible for the continuous development of the varsity running…