The Importance of the First Goal & The Surreal Life
Can Mathematicians Spot The Winning Team Better Than Sports Commentators? Science Daily (June 2, 2009) – Jack Brimberg and Bill Hurley of The Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, point out that sports commentators will often argue the importance of scoring the first goal and often suggest that a team improves its chances of…
RRMC Memories
Brigadier-General (Ret’d) A.C. (Archie) Brown, 3565 (RRMC 1952-54, RMC 1954-56) After attending Royal Roads and RMC, BGen (Ret’d) Brown joined the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers as a combat engineer and then as a general officer, serving for a total of 38 years. He retired from the military in 1990 and now lives in Victoria,…
The Dirty 30 – Those Were the Days… Or Were They?
The Culprits! (L to R, back row) Ron James, Jim White, Dick Cobbold, Jean de Grasse, Jim Watson, John Bird, Jon Legg, Georges Bernier, Mike Ellis (Front row) Kent Foster, Mel Brown, Moe Corbett, John Hunter, Bill Claggett, Ken Stefanson, Ted Butler, John Akerley (Absent) Jim Wilson (Photo courtesy of Neil Johnstone) It…
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…
Oral Interviews of Military Colleges alumni
E-veritas has been given permission to publish excerpts of 5105 Doctor J. L. Granatstein’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 Percy Arthur Stanley Todd 1131 BGen (Ret’d)…
Who Am I?
Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) Who Am I? * I was born in Ottawa in 1921. * I attended Glebe Collegiate. * When I graduated from Royal Military College in 1941, I received the Governor General’s Gold Medal. * Yosef Karsh, who took photos of Royal Military College officer cadets as a method…
We get emails
Yousuf Karsh, the famed photographer, had been the Government House photographer for many years. An appointment was made for me to go to his studio on Sparks Street for a photograph. I never did get used to meeting the famous, but he quickly put me at ease. His studio seemed to be a semi-empty flat…
Slack Mac IV, Quite the Imagination
In reviewing past issues of The Marker, we came across numerous comics written by “Slack Mac IV.” We at Panet House have been avidly searching for the author but to no avail. These are a sampling of Slack Mac IV’s comic wit, circa 1960. by M0917 Dean Fleet If you happen to know the identity…
In This Issue 23
“Flying over the College was an exhilarating feeling. As I snuck a peek of the parade square through my teammate’s wings, a wonderful sensation of pride came over me. RMC is where it all started and as we circled around to fly over the MacKenzie building, I could not help but relive each of the…
Snowbirds and the CMC Connection
Captain Mike French is a 5-year veteran of the Snowbirds and graduate of RRMC, Class of 1994. In 2004, 19520 Captain Mike French (RRMC 2004) was selected to fly as Snowbird Number 7 for the 2005- 2007 show seasons. He was subsequently posted to the home team as Snowbird 12, Standards Pilot for the 2008…
Cadets & Ex Cadets “On the Hill” – Doing What?
RMC Well Represented at Charity Rugby Match on Parliament Hill Front Row – (L-R) 25006 OCdt Tom Braidwood (RMC 2011), 23944 Lt Marty Hart (RMC 2008), 24392 2nd Lt Gavin Whynot (RMC 2008), Cpl Jimmy Wood, 24695 OCdt Nick Villa (RMC 2010). Back Row – 24434 2nd Lt Brent McIntyre (RMC 2009), Pte Kenny Loucks,…
Old Brigade Member, Prominent At LXXXIV CONVOCATION
3610 Paul Southall (RMC 1956) and his wife of 49 years, Barbara, share a happy moment, following the Convocation. Paul earned a Master of Arts – War Studies and was one of many Ex cadets who walked on stage to receive a PG degree at the 84th RMC convocation which was held 14 May 2009.…