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…”This year, four senior cadets per squadron of 50 recruits have earned the opportunity to wield authority and get in on early recruit training. Orientation is an excellent opportunity for the senior cadets to prepare for command since there is a fine line between challenging military discipline and pushing the recruits to rebellion. RMC recently…
What’s Happening At RMC
Ladies & Gentlemen – Start your engines! This wasn’t the message given by the freshly minted DCdt, LCol Tony O’Keeffe to the II, III & IV Year classes last Friday just before the 2008/09 school year was to commence at RMC. However, it just may as well have been! The energetic and passionate air force…
Where are they now?
12648 Cdr Mike Burke (left) and 13846 LCol Kevin Bryski and outside main HQ of the Afghan Regional Security Integration Command – South. Mike just finished a one year tour of COS and handed over the reigns to Kevin on 27 August 08. Neither of them are in the Army! ___________________________________________________ 8833 Dr. John Leggat…
Career Opportunities in Engineering
[English] [Français] 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…
Reunions
REUNION – 2008 – Fin de semaine de réunion Schedule of Events / Calendrier des activités Ex Cadet Weekend – Sports Activities: Legacy Dinner Info Please consider “sponsoring a cadet” – Contact Bill Oliver Dinner & Dance Saturday night – Tickets are moving very slowly, at press time. A new caterer and new band have…
Flashback | Rétrospective
Number VI in our series on former Military Colleges Commandants. By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ’03) Lieutenant General William Alexander Beaumont Anderson (RMC 1936) OBE, CD, BA 1960-2 was born in Montreal in 1915. He was the XXIII RMC Commandant His father, the late Major-General W.B. Anderson, CMG, DSO, of Ottawa, was a former Commander…
Extra Innings
I year Kris Hicks and IV year Gavin Whynot block a Navy Kick RMC hosted the inaugural Labour Day rugby tournament this past weekend. Teams included USNA, Concordia, Kutztown and University of Western Ontario. The tournament is a Can Am affair with RMC taking on USNA and Kutztown (Philadelphia) on Saturday and Sunday respectively. This…
Ex-Cadets in the News
The RMC Club of Canada is proud to announce the launch of the new online RMC network. Your user name is your college number and your password is the word ‘password’ The sign in link is found here: http://rmc.voisinhq.com Once you have signed in, change your password by clicking on ‘Change Password’ under the ‘Actions’…
Catching Up With the News
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, is pleased to announce that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II approved the creation of the Sacrifice Medal. The medal will be awarded to military personnel, members of allied forces or Canadian civilians working under the authority of the Canadian Forces, who suffered…
Quotation | Citation
_____________________________________________________________ “This district is a key district. It’s key as a logistics hub for the movement of insurgent fighters, arms and money,” 14378 Brig.-Gen Denis Thompson (CMR RMC ’84)
Who Am I?
Who am I? I was was born on February 27, 1915 in Alberta, Canada. My father was an army major who moved his family to Toronto when I was a boy. In 1937, I graduated from the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, where I was a captain of the football and hockey teams. After…
Project to Prevent Falls in Veterans
Veteran Affairs Canada and Health Canada are collaborating on a joint initiative to invest in a community-based falls prevention pilot program. The three regions involved in the initiative are: Atlantic Canada; Ontario; and British Columbia/Yukon. Falling is a common occurrence in populations of older persons. About one-third of seniors over the age of 65 will…