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Ned Amy – Ardent Advocate for the Reactivation of the Halifax Rifles.
– 2510 BGen (Ret’d) Edward A.C. “Ned” Amy OBE, DSO, MC (RMC 1936) A 1939 graduate of Royal Military College of Canada, he commanded A Squadron of the Calgary Regiment in Italy, where he won the Military Cross for his “determined and gallant leadership in taking and holding a vital bridgehead over the Moro River”…
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2009 Lt(N) Chris Saunders Memorial Hockey Tournament Article by 19953 Michael Spearman (RRMC 1995) Tragically, in October 2004, Lieutenant (Navy) Chris Saunders lost his life while serving onboard HMCS CHICOUTIMI. To remember Chris, and the sacrifice he made for his ship and its crew, the Lieutenant (Navy) Chris Saunders Memorial Hockey Tournament was established. In…
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From an NCO to an officer MILITARY: More non-commissioned personnel are heading back to university to get a mid-career degree at Royal Military College The Kingston Whig-Standard – Kingston,Ontario,Canada Posted By IAN ELLIOTT / Photo: Michael Lea Officer Cadet Chris Desilets and naval cadet Renee Konigs Whether by choice or economic necessity, more people are…
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Calgary RCAF Mess Dinner: Air Force and Hawk One Project at the forefront (L-R): 3626 John Ink, 10238 Ron Guidinger, Ken Sivertson, 10223 Dan Dempsey, 9395 Don Matthews, 10080 Bob Booth The Calgary RCAF Mess Dinner took place last Friday at the Calgary Aero Space Museum, celebrating the 85th Anniversary of the RCAF and the…
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Flag honours soldiers killed by friendly fire Article by By Tamas Virag, The Canadian Press EDMONTON – A flag bearing the signatures of most of the Canadian soldiers stationed in Afghanistan when four of their colleagues died in a 2002 friendly-fire incident is on its way home to Edmonton Garrison. In an emotional ceremony Tuesday…
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RMC Professor B.J.C McKercher presented at U of O Professor B.J.C McKercher, Royal Military College of Canada, presented ‘British Foreign Policy and the Lethality of the German Threat, 1890-1939’ on March 6, 2009 at the University of Ottawa. Professor B.J.C. McKercher’s talk explored how the United Kingdom perceived and responded to the rise of Germany…
Read MoreCommandant Series: 2253 C.B. Ware
V Commandant Canadian Services College at Royal Roads: 1952 – 1954 (Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards) 2253 Major General Cameron Bethel Ware, DSO, CD (RMC 1931) was born 9 August 1913 at London, Ontario. His father was Lieutenant Colonel F. B. Ware. He joined the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Regiment on graduation from RMC…
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New CF Ombudsman: 9485 Pierre Daigle OTTAWA – The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, is pleased to announce the appointment of 9485 MGen (Ret’d) Pierre Daigle (CMR 1973) as the new Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Forces (CF). Mr. Daigle…
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Colonel shares his war stories … tells cadets about his experiences in Afghanistan Posted By IAN ELLIOT, WHIG-STANDARD MILITARY REPORTER The man who commanded Canada’s battlegroup in Afghanistan in 2006 told today’s crop of Royal Military College cadets that if they expect to be effective commanders on today’s battlefield, they better expect to be shot…
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Recent Announcements for Ex cadet – CO Appointments 18377 Maj Liam McGarry, on promotion to LCol, will assume command of 2 RCHA Petawawa. 17858 LCol Andrew . Jayne will assume command of CFSME3. 21533 Maj Jeremy Small, taking command of 731 Comm Sqn 17876 LCol Daniel MacIsaac is taking command of 5 RGC ___________________________________________________________________________________ E3161…
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Driver who killed Esquimalt sailor in San Francisco sent to jail By Rob Shaw, Victoria Times Colonist, 23 January 2009 Lillian Ashley stood Friday at the downtown San Francisco intersection where her son Mark died and said she finally felt some closure. It had been a year and a half since 22714 Mark Ashley (RMC…
Read More414 EWS Squadron: Back in action!
xxx Re-formation of 414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Jan. 20, 2009) Major-General Marcel Duval, Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division, presided over a ceremony today at Vintage Wings of Canada, located at the Gatineau Airport near Ottawa, to mark the re-formation of 414 Electronic Warfare Support (EWS) Squadron. Known as 414 Combat…
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