Trivia | Bagatelle
Who am I? I am an engineering graduate of the Royal Military College From 1912-1917, I surveyed, designed and supervised the construction of the present Welland Canal, one of Canada’s greatest engineering feats My goal was a longer, wider and deeper canal on a shorter north-south route across the escarpment to replace the inefficient outdated…
Flashback | Rétrospective
Next in our series on RMC – Military Colleges Commandants, we have gone all the way back to the beginning. Lt-Gen. Edward Osborne Hewett – RMC’s First Commandant Lt-Gen. Edward Osborne Hewett was born in Llantrisant parish, near Pontypridd, Wales. His father was a justice of the peace, colonel of militia, and deputy-lieutenant of Glamorgan…
Reunions
REUNION – 2008 – Fin de semaine de réunion Schedule of Events / Calendrier des activités __________________________________________________ Legacy Dinner – We need your help! Over the past 11 years, the tradition has been for Ex cadets to sponsor cadets. We have “volunteered” once again to assist in this process. At the present time we still…
Extra Innings
Fit for the uniform Liam Wright excelled in the classroom as well as on the basketball court while at Ridley College. But instead of pursuing a career in medicine or law, as many of his friends have, he’s trading in his school colours for camouflage Posted By GRANT LAFLECHE – St. Catharines Standard In more…
Catching Up With the News
Forces: How fit is our fitness test? Vintage craft ready for takeoff at air rally Rewarding time as a soldier in Israel Heart-wrenching refresher of why we fight Taliban Fighting for our wounded soldiers A Son Goes Off To War Canada’s soldiers are losing an important battle: The PR battle
Retirements
13122 Col WJ (Bill) Kelly (RMC ’81) will retire from the Canadian Forces on 08 September 2008 after completing 31 years of dedicated and loyal service. Highlights of his career include postings as a CF104 Starfighter Line Servicing Officer on 421 Tactical Fighter Squadron, and as the Aircraft Maintenance Control Officer at 1 Air Maintenance…
Deaths | deces
S107 George Holbrook – (Follow-up from e-Veritas #25) Born: Dec. 16, 1917, in Saskatchewan – Died: July 15, 2008, of stroke complications. He founded the electrical engineering department at the Royal Military College. Much more _________________________________________________________ After a long and courageous battle with cancer Don (“Boots”) Boutillier passed away peacefully on Friday 1 Aug. “Boots”…
We get emails
FOOTLOOSE ON THE RMC CAMPUS It was the sort of morning that showed the RMC campus at its best. The sun shone brilliantly, the lake reflected the clear blue of the sky, and there was just enough breeze to dry the perspiration off one’s skin. I had just finished some business at the RMC Club…
In This Issue 28
To find an article: copy title into the search bar on the top of the website and press the ‘enter’ key. To search for an individual: type their name into the search bar and press the ‘enter’ key. 2008 VIMY AWARD WINNER NAMED; BOOT CAMP READY TO START; “CUSH” HOCKEY & FENCING; EX CADETS IN…
Top Headlines
S 148 GENERAL (Ret’d) RICK HILLIER – 2008 VIMY AWARD WINNER The Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) is pleased to announce that General (Ret’d) Rick Hillier has been unanimously selected as the recipient of the Vimy Award for 2008. The award will be presented on Friday, 14 November, at a mixed gala dinner…
What’s Happening At RMC
Boot Camp Starts This Week! By: WJO For the first time in recent history, RMC cadets instead of commencing their basic military officer qualification (BMOQ) at a place like Chilliwack, B.C. or Ste Jean, PQ will do it at RMC – much like the good ole days. As we were going to press with this…
Ex-Cadets in the News
14596 Col. Dean Milner (RRMC RMC ’84), commander of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, the larger-than-life character who runs Petawawa and is responsible for Canadian army training, carries the enormous responsibility of ensuring that the next contingent bound for Afghanistan, more than 1,500 men and women, is fully trained and ready for anything the Taliban…