Women’s Rugby Hitting Hard
RMC Women’s Rugby Off to Great Start for the Season. Photos By: 25275 OCdt Julia Anderson (w) Rubgy – A pleasant start to the second season as a club. Earn a split in first two matches. IV Catie Keyser, 24633 After only one practice as a group, the RMC women’s rugby club played a friendly…
RMC – Iron Men & Women / OTTAWA ARMY RUN
RMC AT THE 2009 IRONMAN COMPETITION By 24610 OCdt Fenoulhet It’s 0155 in the morning and I can’t sleep. My alarm will sound in five minutes telling me to get up, put on my combats and prepare myself for one of the most gruelling physical challenges the Canadian Forces has to offer. This challenge is…
Air Commodore Birchall Pavilion – PERSPECTIVE OF D ATH
Air Commodore Birchall Pavilion – Five Years in the Making – Public Invited to Attend Official Opening. The late 2364 Commodore Leonard Birchall (RMC 1933) would be proud but likely very humbled if he were around this Reunion Weekend. After all he was never one to seek the spotlight. The newly constructed RMC sports pavilion…
Ex Cadets, Professors, and Staff in the News
Finding life at the edge of death 21678 Meagan K McGrath (RMC ‘00) She’s climbed Everest, now Air Force major from Brampton wants to solo to the South Pole. _______________________________________________________________________________ Wolfe supporters speak “What I’m seeing now is that we’re afraid to discuss it, and we’re making our history disappear and go away and that’s…
Where Are They Now?
We have contacted numerous ex-cadets from the fifties through to the new millennium and plan to feature them in the coming months to give readers a chance to catch up with names and faces from each of the respective CMCs. If you would like to contribute to this column, please feel free to email me…
As Long as It’s Fun
Married Ex-cadets Return to Pass on Experiences by M0917 Dean Fleet The newest sqn commanders at RMC are married couple 21936 Lt (N) Amber Comisso (RMC 2001) and 22036 Capt Matthew MacMillan (RMC 2001). As one would suspect from their grad years, Amber, from Toronto, and Matt, from Stellarten, NS, met at RMC and were…
The Ultimate Road Trip
By 23991 David Chee (RMC 2008) There are vacations, and then there are road trips. In a typical vacation, the journey is short, and lacks spontaneity. Elements of challenge and adventure are absent. The path less traveled is not taken, and risks are avoided. A road trip, by contrast, is a journey of uncertainties. It…
Former Redmen hockey captain remembers / Comdt Does Walkabout
Golf Manoir Richelieu Aug 04: Golf a favourite pastime of my wife, Suzette and I. Ex- Hockey team captain reminisces about his final year By A/Slt 24498 Noelani Shore (RMC 2009) Assistant 1 Wing PAO This Drummondville native is no stranger to hard work and performing under pressure. 6810 Gilles Nappert (CMR RMC 1966) still…
L’expérience, triomphe de la jeunesse
Par Aspirant de marine Véronique Trépanier Samedi dernier le 12 septembre, les élèves-officiers du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean accueillaient d’anciens élèves-officiers. C’était l’occasion de se mesurer à eux dans un tournoi de ballon-balai et de hockey bottines. La compétition était féroce et très serrée, mais les anciens ont finalement triomphés de leurs jeunes adversaires.…
RRMC Homecoming 2009
Royal Roads Homecoming Alumni Weekend 2009 The weekend of September 11-13th saw over 200 ex-cadets, university alumni and their guests return to Royal Roads for the 9th annual Homecoming Alumni Weekend. Class reunions were held by the classes of 1944-46, 1957-59, 1962-64 and 1980-84, with other local ex-cadets attending many of the events. Next year’s…
REUNION WEEKEND – next week / Who Am I?
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RMC Traditions and History – The Memorial Arch
by 4459 Ed Murray (RRMC RMC 1959)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxphoto credit: Gerry Locklin The Memorial Arch is arguably the most important architectural feature of RMC. It is fitting therefore that we review from time to time the history of this magnificent memorial and the traditions that have grown up around it. As a start here is the description…