Une tradition de retour au CMR / Obstacle Course Tradition Returns…
Colonel Pion se joint aux Élofs lors de la course à obstacles Une tradition de retour au CMR Écrit par : élève-officier Nicolas Poirier et élève-officier Justine Mathieu-Denoncourt de l’escadron Richelieu Escalader un mur de dix pieds, ramper dans une marre de boue, nager sur 150 mètres, transporter des blessés, traverser un pont de corde……
LA FORMATION À DISTANCE : UNE FORCE POUR L’AUTO-PERFECTIONNEMENT
LA FORMATION À DISTANCE : UNE FORCE POUR L’AUTO-PERFECTIONNEMENT Adjudant Vincent R. Gagnon Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean Centre de perfectionnement professionnel des militaires du rang Facilitateur pour le cours de qualification intermédiaire en leadership Depuis un certain temps déjà , les Forces canadiennes déploient des efforts pour devenir réellement une institution apprenante. Cette transformation a…
Reunions
FIN DE SEMAINE DES ANCIENS, CMR SAINT-JEAN, 19-20 SEPTEMBRE 2008 L’année 2008 laissera une marque tangible sur nous tous / toutes avec l’ouverture du nouveau CMR Saint-Jean. Les activités d’inauguration du 23 et 24 mai (voir le lien suivant http://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/index/frgraph/home_f.asp) lancent une ère nouvelle pour l’institution et stimulent une recrudescence des activités des anciens/anciennes sur…
Ex-Cadets in the News
Hands Over Command of 1 Wing 14330 Brigadier-General Alain Parent (CMR ’84) NEW COMMANDER FOR CANADIAN FLEET ATLANTIC 15141 Commodore Ron Lloyd (RRMC ’85) Losing he who made their life possible 21255 Martin Larose (RMC ’98) Proud Mom & Dad 234226 Sarah Greenwood (RMC ’08)
Catching Up with the News
Alumni’s tribute timely – Lt. Derek Hines – former West Point hockey player, killed in Afghanistan Ex Popular RMC Hockey Coach Ready for NHL Debut Cadets get their class rings – Senior tradition at West Point stretches back to 1835 Gaels’ Golden years:Â Doug Hargreaves cut his teeth at the university level at RMC FORMER…
Where are they now?
5030 Mr Denis D. L’homme (CMR RMC ’61) is the NDP candidate for Lévis–Bellechasse. He is a former senior government official. He graduated from the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean and the Royal Military College in Kingston. He served as a Flight Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in…
Flashback | Rétrospective
Number VIII in our series on former Military Colleges Commandants. 23996 Officer Cadet Alex Cushley (RMC ’08) a.k.a “Cush” spent most of this summer working with e-Veritas. He completed a number of internal assignments dealing with events in and around RMC. We received favourable feedback from numerous readers on the high level of insightful reporting…
Extra Innings
By: 13077 Dean Black (RMC ‘81) It was bloody cold. I remember that. I can also remember being anxious about the whole affair; fire picquet, that is. I was in my 1st year at the Royal Military College of Canada, loving every aspect except this – fire picquet. I had been spoiled, you see. I…
Who am I?
Who am I?  (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ’03) I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the 10th of November 1908. My father was killed in Ypres during the First World War. 7 or 8 of his uncles from both sides of the family also served during the First World War – three of…
Quotation / Citation
“Fully one in four Canadians we polled thought that Gen. Douglas McArthur – the World War Two U.S. general and U.S. war hero – was a Canadian hero in the Great War.” – Rudyard Griffiths, executive director of the Dominion Institute. “There are no limits to the majestic future which lies before the mighty expanse…
Deaths / Décès
Dr. Shawn Cafferky UVic mourns death of history prof:Students and faculty alike were shocked by the sudden death of popular history professor Dr. Shawn Cafferky, who passed away Saturday evening, Sept. 6. Information about the cause of Cafferky’s death has not yet been released, as the family had not been informed at press time. History chair…