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…
Catching Up With the News
Ridout Row, Royal Military College of Canada, (Canadian Defence Academy) is a nominee for the 2008 Livable City Design Awards in the Renovation – Industrial, Commercial & Institutional (ICI) category. Kingston Livable City Awards is aimed at promoting excellence in urban design by recognizing outstanding projects in the areas of new construction, renovation,…
Where are they now?
Proud Grandfather, Flying Officer (Ret’d) Walter Knott, is shown above pinning on wings to one of Canada’s newest fighter pilots – 23485 Will Livingston (RMC ’06) By: 23996 Alex (a.k.a. Cush) Cushley (RMC ’08) Often times Cadets compare the social experience of their time spent at the college to living in a cave, separated and…
Flashback | Rétrospective
…… This the third in a series of article on former CMC Commandants. Like the first two – on General (ret’d) Jean Boyle and Captain (ret’d) Dave Bindernagel, the interview was carried out by E 3161 Victoria Edwards. _______________________________________________________……………………………………………. 9098 BGen (Ret’d) Ken KC Hague (CMR RMC ’72) just recently retired as Vice President, Resource…
Misc
What We Can Learn From Military History By 14797 Richard Martin (CMR ’85) I was having a conversation a few days ago with a new acquaintance. When I told him that I had done graduate studies in military history, he asked me what I had learned from this and what this may mean to me…
Extra Innings
RMC and the Rhodes Scholarship. This is another article in a series we ran in the Spring about RMC cadets and Rhodes Scholarship. In this edition, Paul Stanborough was kind enough to pen his thoughts and recollections from 24 years ago. It is our aim that this article and past similar ones on the subject…
Quotation | Citation
“The CF-18 is the most challenging and dynamic aircraft in the Canadian Air Force” said Captain Erickson. “When you intercept a contact, the closing speed can be more than one kilometer a second, and that doesn’t give you much time to react.” 21955 Captain Riel “Guns” Erickson (RMC ’01) Ed: Readers who may have missed…
Trivia | Bagatelle
Who am I? I was born 18th March 1907, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. After graduating from the Royal Military College in Kingston, I served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. My wife’s name was Marguerite. In 1941, I was the officer commanding No. 3 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), at Currie Field, Calgary. On Thursday…
Reunions
Reunion Weekend – Fin de semaine de réunion – 2008 Reunion Weekend – Fin de semaine de réunion – 2008 Legacy Dinner Registraton 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…