11th Annual CDA Institute Graduate Student Symposium

11th Annual CDA Institute Graduate Student Symposium We would like to draw your attention to the 11th Annual CDA Institute Graduate Student Symposium, to be held October 31st – November 1st at Currie Hall, the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. This year’s theme is “Canada’s Security Interests.” The two keynote speakers will be Mr.…

Catching Up With the News

Royal Military College of Canada is featured on the Globe and Mail globecampus.  GlobeCampus is The Globe and Mail’s site dedicated to undergraduate education in Canada. Through its innovative search, compare and rank tool called campus navigator, Canadian and visiting students can quickly find the school that would fit them best. The Globe and Mail’s…

Qu’est-ce qui se passe au Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean

Défi Sportif des Élofs Le 16 septembre 2008 par: Élof Huet et Élof Neppel Beaucoup de choses rassemblent les gens : la musique, la famille, l’amitié et les sports en sont des exemples. Le sport peut agir comme une langue universelle. Samedi, le 13 septembre dernier, les élèves-officiers du CMR St-Jean ont parlé cette langue.…

Airmen Over Arnhem

We expect to resume our Commandants series in the next e-Veritas edition ______________________________________________________ Canadian Military History in Perspective Airmen Over Arnhem October 10, 2008, by Hugh A. Halliday Official Royal Canadian Air Force histories of the Second World War have, of necessity, concentrated on policies directly affecting the national contribution and with particular reference to…

Memory of 2364 Air Commodore Leonard Birchall Honoured

Local war hero honoured in St. Catharines 2364 Air Commodore Leonard Birchall. With a bugle sounding and a warplane drifting low overhead, St. Catharines commemorated one of its most heroic former residents Friday – Air Commodore Leonard Birchall. Dignitaries, bagpipers and military personnel descended on Connaught School for a ceremony that finally gave the man…

Who Am I?

Question #1: Who Am I? I was born 24 July 1869. My father was a Colonel, who served as senator (1874-5) and deputy Minister of Militia and Defence (1875-98). I graduated at the Royal Military College of Canada. I qualified Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Artillery on 2 May 1894. I served in the South…

Today’s Long Gray Line

What happened to the “golden children” of West Point’s bicentennial class? IN A TIME OF WAR The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point’s Class of 2002 One of the demographic curiosities of recent years is that, despite the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the percentage of veterans in the U.S. population has dropped…

Thank You!

You have no idea how difficult it is to read about RMC and the FYOP weekend etc…..and NOT having someone there anymore! Tom would have loved to have been there but the distance is definitely working against him! Shilo is not as close as Petawawa would have been! I didn’t realize how much we would…

In This Issue 36

CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE THE OLD BRIGADE AND EX-CADETS  MARCHING TO THE ARCH FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICE __________________________________________________________ A very special thanks to 23785 Matt McLeod who volunteered to be a personal escort for The Honourable Judge Matheson for the Memorial Service and Sword presentation on the parade square on sunday. __________________________________________________________ Thumbs Up…

Thumbs Up for Reunion Weekend 2008

Major Danny McLeod receives instructions from OCdt Neil Smigelski, a former MCpl, as he welcomes the new UTPNCMs to RMC. Otter Squadron – Front & Center By:  OCdt Dean Fleet On reunion weekend over two hundred first year cadets, who spanned the length of the parade square, received their cap badges that signal their acceptance…

11th annual Legacy Dinner

City shows off military might Kingston companies increasingly developing equipment for Forces Posted By IAN ELLIOT WHIG-STANDARD MILITARY REPORTER Kingston, for decades the place where the Canadian Forces developed its officers, is increasingly becoming a centre where it develops its weapons and armour. And that new and emerging role for the city was highlighted at…

The Obstacle Course – 2008

First Year cadets overcome the 2008 Obstacle Course The Obstacle Course marks the end of the First Year Orientation Period and the new cadets’ entry into the RMC Cadet Wing. Every cadet is challenged physically and mentally, and  a great deal of stamina is needed to successfully complete the Obstacle Course. The Course transcends the…

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