RMC Cadets Support – Advanced Mountain Operations
BRAKE HAND ON….. By: OCdt Nick Goulet As the helicopter rises steadily into the air, you can feel the line in your brake hand get heavier and heavier. The flimsy seatbelt on your lap seems ridiculousl inadequate to keep you in the aircraft, especially considering the furious wind you feel whipping the leg of your…
CF Triathlon National Championship
Cadets & Ex cadets all over the place! By: OCdt Patrick Wheeler The first CF Triathlon National Championship took place on the weekend of the 11th and 12th of July 2009 at Lac Leamy, Gatineau. About 80 Canadian Forces members made their way to Gatineau for the competition. RMC had a strong presence at the…
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. by M0917 Dean Fleet – H2951 Ramsey Withers (RRMC RMC 1952) I served as a…
She once scored 500 pts on the CMC Physical Fitness Test
A different kind of sport for me…Bodybuilding? – 17383 Lucy Cerantola (RMC 1990) (nee Rourke) Since RMC my AERE career, followed by private sector work in the Airline industry and Helicopter manufacturing, was rewarding and exciting. Due to a move with my family in 2007 to Oakville, Ontario, I took the opportunity to turn a…
Bragging Rights – Settled? and Golfing in Kandahar
(pre race) photo shows Bob Gebbie, John J. (Rocky) McManus, Mike Ellis, and Don Debienne. CLASS OF ’76 TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS PENTICTON, BC, JULY 19TH, 2009 This was one of those classic events to sort out just who had bragging rights as the fittest man of the RMC Class of ’76. There were three contenders for…
Hello from Kabul!
LCol Chris Kilford at his desk in the Canadian Embassy, Kabul. LCol Chris Kilford (RMC 2002) is presently serving in Afghanistan as the Deputy Defence Attaché in the Canadian Embassy, Kabul. Prior to his deployment he was the Military Liaison Officer to the Standing Senate Committee on Security and National Defence in Ottawa. He was…
Careers | Carrières
[English] [French] Positions Available / Postes disponibles Here is a list of job opportunities provided by our partners from RHR with the working area and the experience required. To see the complete details of the jobs, you should be registered on www.RMC-Careers.com. Voici une liste des possibilités d’emploi fournis par nos partenaires de RHR avec…
RRMC Memories
Colonel (Ret’d) Brian Akitt, 10194 (RRMC 1970-72, RMC 1972-74) (photo above) & Mr. Rick Wing, 10340 (RRMC 1970-72, RMC 1972-74) This interview was conducted at Royal Roads Homecoming in September 2007 on the occasion of their 35th class reunion. Mr. Rick Wing left the forces in 1979 and is Dean of the School of Continuing…
Who am I?
Who am I? Researched by Victoria Edwards Born at Toronto, Ontario on 17 November 1881, son of Sir Edmund B. Osler, a Canadian Banker and politician and Annie F. Osler. The Oslers lived in Toronto at Craigleigh. The family donated the estate to the City of Toronto after Osler’s death; it is today the site…
RMC Beat Neil Armstrong to the Moon by 7 years!
This article has been reprinted from The Marker. It was featured in eVeritas on 25 Jan 06, but given its present relevance we could not help but reprint it. Below are the author’s comments from that edition: – 6203 Barry A. Read (RMC 1964) “Bill, Thank you for your query about my article “RMC Hits…
Oral Interviews of Military Colleges Alumni
E-veritas has been given permission to publish excerpts of 5105 Doctor J. L. ‘s (CMR RMC 1961) interviews (1991-1993) for “The Generals: the Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War”. 5105 Doctor J.L. Granatstein fonds are at the National Defence HQ Directorate of History and Heritage. 2120 Major General (Ret’d) James Desmond Blaise…