Misc
RMC CLUB / FOUNDATION UPDATE: FINAL DESIGN OF THE LEONARD BIRCHALL PAVILION AT RMC These views shows the surrounding landscaping, footpaths and greenery that RMC will install as part of the $300,000 public contribution to the project. BGen Lawson has committed a large sum, in addition to these improvements, to the Ridout Row…
Ex-Cadets in the News
21976 Frédéric Guénette (RMC ’01) Last May, Captain Frédéric Guénette of 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron was granted the qualification of Chinook pilot at the United States Army Aviation Centre of Excellence in Fort Rucker, Alabama. He is taking up the position as the squadron’s resource person for the legendary two-propeller helicopter and will continue his…
Where are they now?
20994 Nicole (McNutt-Holland) Schur (RMC ’98) and her husband, 21295 Brad Schur (’98), currently reside in Kingston, Ontario where Nicole has been a licensed Sales Representative for Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty since 2007. She recently retired from the Airforce after 15 years of service as an Aerospace Engineer and is excited to set up permanent…
Quotation | Citation
“With climate change and the opening of the Northwest Passage, we’re seeing increases in all those areas,” said Brig-Gen. David Millar, commander of Joint Task Force North.“Our scenarios are focused on the types of marine disasters that could potentially happen with a sharp increase in naval activity in the North.” 14474 David Millar (RMC ’84)…
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was a longer, wider and deeper canal on a shorter north-south route across the escarpment to replace the inefficient outdated…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…