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Bruce Russell (RRMC/RMC class of 1970) & Bill Gard (RRMC/RMC class of 1969) at Sea King 50th anniversary Aug 1 2013. Canadian astronauts see bright future for space exploration Shift warships from Halifax to CFB Esquimalt, defence analysts urge Military deployment doesn’t increase suicide risk: studies Canada’s cyberspace top gun talks military strategy New Commander…
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CDS guidance to the CAF: Where are we going next? Problems for the New Defence Minister Lumberjack to play for military college
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RCAF chief warrant officer takes on military’s top non-commissioned member job Article Adjudant chef de l’ARC assume la plus haute fonction de militaire du rang Article RCAF honorary colonels’ conference focuses on long-range patrol and SAR operations Article Les patrouilles à long rayon d’action et les opérations SAR au centre de la conférence des colonels…
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Military culture and education “…Nevertheless, in Canada as in the US, the picture is not entirely rosy. Despite robust wording on academic freedom, the tenure and promotion process is not built into the Royal Military College collective agreement, and has led to a series of grievances and considerable insecurity. We have not had a call…
Kingston Branch Seeks a Volunteer
Kingston Branch Seeks a Volunteer To Project Manage an Initiative to Preserve the RMC Cadet Records Background When an officer/naval cadet first enters RMC, a file is opened to record the individual’s performance until they graduate or leave the College prematurely. Up until sometime in the 1990s, all these cadet records were printed on acid…
Veritas magazine: A Word from the President / Mot du Président & More…
A Word from the President Let me start by saying that I hope everyone had a great Canada Day long weekend. I have had some feedback on my President’s Message in the recent issue of Veritas. Specifically, it appears that my focussing uniquely on the RMC Saint-Jean and RMCC relationship could have been perceived as…
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Local student gets scholarship to military college Brigadier General Omer Lavoie, Senior Fellow of New Westminster College Treble Victor military vets form business network…/ Captains of industry Élections en Iran – Vers la fin de l’influence de Téhéran au Moyen-Orient Pierre Pahlavi – Professeur au Département des études de la défense du Collège des Forces…
Address Given by Vice-Admiral Bruce Donaldson, VCDS During Commissioning Parade, 17 May 2013
Speaking Notes for Notes d’allocution de Vice-Admiral Bruce Donaldson Vice Chief of the Defence Staff Vice-chef d’état-major de la Défense Royal Military College of Canada Graduation Parade Kingston, ON 17 May 2013 Brigadier-General Tremblay, Faculty and Staff of the Royal Military College, Members of the RMC Foundation, the RMC Clubs of Canada and the Old…
Prizes and Awards
Prizes & Awards A long time tradition of the year-end commissioning parade is the presentation of many major awards & prizes. This year was no exception. As we went to press, we do not have the full list of 2013 recipients.We are able to capture a few photos of some of the winners. If we…
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Caption L-R: 15592 Pat Heffernan, Joel Sokolsky, 12342 Allen Stewart, 25701 OCDT Brandon Robert Pinkney, 14899 Col Stephen Saulnier, 9802 John Lesperance. The MGen John Arthur Stewart Trophy is presented to the top military engineer (MOC 24 and 46) in his / her graduating year as selected by the Prizes and Awards Committee and approved…
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Submarines ready to enter Royal Canadian Navy fleet Article A look inside: the Kootenay damage control training facility Article Planned pay cut for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan under review Article Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment’s 150th year honoured by Canada Post Article Navy deserves support Article CDS announces Canadian Armed Forces senior appointments and retirement…
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Canadian warship crew in Indian Ocean seizes 500 kg of heroin Very quickly on we ascertained they were not being truthful about their mission, their voyage, so we continued on with a full search of the vessel and discovered the drugs.’ 21285 Cmdr. David Patchell Source Words and War: Toni Morrison at West Point By…