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Friends joined Bill Turner’s family for a celebration of his 90th birthday birthday on Saturday, 17 September 2011 at the Fort Frontenac Officer’s Mess. Four generations of Turners helped to make this a very happy event. 2816 BGen WW (Bill) Turner was commandant at RMC from 1973 – 77. _____________________________________ Kimberley soldier on…
RMC Musicians represented at the Québec City International Festival of Military
Musiciens du CMRC représentés au Festival international des Musiques militaires à Québec Par : 25179 Dave Tanguay – Élof directeur de la Musique militaire Des membres de la Musique du CMRC viennent tout juste de compléter une semaine en participant à une activité de renommée internationale. Accompagnés de l’adjudant-maître Martin Huppé (Officier de musique), l’Élof David…
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Veteran coach hopes to give kids a boost Jim Hulton – Former NHL & former RMC coach – Read the entire article _____________________________ Canadian Military and Veteran Health Research Forum The second Canadian Military and Veteran Health Research Forum will be held in Kingston this November 14-16, 2011, hosted by the Royal Military College of…
STATUS OF THE ONAGAWA RELIEF FUND DRIVE
Greetings; This message and its attachments are being sent to all Associations which received the 22 April 2011 Announcement of the Relief Assistance effort for Onagawa. The background and raison d’etre for the Relief Assistance effort is explained in the attached April 22, 2011 Announcement; and the significance of Onagawa will be evident to…
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CANFORGEN 145/11 CMP 076/11 051203Z AUG 11 – HONOURS AND AWARDS We just recently became aware of a number of CDS commendations. We noticed a few Ex Cadets and former students from RMC on the list. We regret if we missed anyone. THE CDS HAS APPROVED CF AWARDS FOR THE FOLLOWING DESERVING INDIVIDUALS – CHIEF…
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Why are UN Peacekeepers so badly equipped for modern conflict? Read the article ______________________________________ Canadian military, diplomatic goals in Libya don’t match up Read the article ______________________________________ New RMC leader brings wealth of experience to historic position “This is where (we shared our) first kiss, first house, first child,” he says,…
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Video: Soldiers to climb Mount Kilimanjaro View the short video ___________________________________ Soldiers get wet during assault boat training View the short video ___________________________________ Good skeletons in her closet In 2002 she started work with Royal Military College as a research associate. She also had her eye on Habitat for Humanity. “Habitat was something…
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CF Participation at 2011 Military World Games Rio CISM Games: Posing for a photo before the opening ceremony are (L-R) Operations Centre staff member Sonia Corriveau; Logistik sponsor Karine Bibeau; Operations Centre staff member Jen Dalziel; Chief of Mission Denis Gaboury; Deputy Chief of Mission Col Frances Allen; Deputy Chief of Mission RAdm Richard Greenwood;…
Dr. Eva F. Gudgin Dickson receives the CSA Award of Merit
CSA STANDARDS ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF THE 2011 AWARD OF MERIT TORONTO, June 14, 2011 /CNW/ – CSA Standards, a leading standards-based solutions organization, today officially announces the recipients of the 2011 Award of Merit. The Award of Merit is an honour bestowed by CSA Standards to individuals that have demonstrated leadership in developing Canadian voluntary…
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Each year since 2007 Canada has hosted a five day Seminar on Civil-Military Relations for senior security officials from around the world. And each year the final day of the programme is spent at RMC. On Friday 13 May, this year’s 31 participants, who represented 29 countries, were welcomed by the Commandant, Commodore Truelove, who…
Follow up on the Resumption of USMA / RMC Hockey
Bonjour Bill and Rolande: Many thanks for another delightful edition of eVeritas, which showed up in my In-box this morning. You asked for photos of the RMC/West Point competition. I know that you already have the finished photo, below, which I sent to you last year [I think it was about a year ago?].…
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Shaun Francis: Canada has a proud military once again Recently, Gen. Natynczyk took me aside to tell me what a favour RMC was doing by presenting me with an honorary degree. “Finally, Shaun,” he said in his powerful voice. “You’re going to graduate from a proper service academy.” As I watched the parades and ceremonies,…