We share the loss, and we march together – Messages from the Class of 1982
Understand that many things are outside your direct control and the ‘reason’ may not always be clear, but the only option is to find and accept the pain – then, face it and process it. As leaders in the Forces, in society, as well as within your families and networks, you will be expected to provide direction, and this is the only way to manage grief and maintain personal ballast. When you wrap up the last big parade in scarlets, it is they who will even lead the cheer shouting “Gimme a beer!” Recognize they will stay with you always and cover “your Six” when you strap on that helicopter or fighter jet, when you propel that tank down-range toward the objective or when you navigate that warship through frigid dangerous waters.
As you approach your graduation day, focus on the positive. Hug your loved ones. Do your best to live your life to the fullest – Messages from the Class of 1980
Dear Members of the Graduating Class of 2022, So close to the finish line and you have lost four of your buds. This is a tough row to hoe by any measure, one made even more challenging as you confront the loss of your comrades in concert with the excitement and joy of graduation and…
20838 Alex Ruff, RMC Class of 1997, and MP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, makes statement to the House of Commons on loss of RMC Cadets
Losing a member of the Canadian Armed Forces is never easy to accept for family and friends but losing someone in an accident just a few short weeks from graduation is even that much harder.
Mr Speaker, I don’t know the personal details of all four cadets; however, Officer Cadet Broden Murphy was the son of a fellow Class of 97 classmate, Major Dave Murphy and his wife Stephanie. I can’t imagine the pain and loss they and all the families are currently feeling.
Class of 1979 Remembers: Roads Memories – Another One Like the Other One
As we are more physically distanced in these circumstances, I am taken to thinking of past memories. Monika and I live at the west end of the lagoon in front of Royal Roads, and I even have a study nook in the Castle (in a fit of madness a few years ago I embarked on a PhD in Mech Eng through UBC) so I often think of the good times there … and they were, mostly, good times (often, great times!).
The Class of 1979 Remembers – The General and the Ditch
On a wet afternoon in the week before Ex-Cadet weekend, I found myself standing in a soggy Navy Bay sports field waiting for the Commandant to inspect the set of obstacles found there. The first to be inspected was the infamous muddy ditch through which the recruits would have to leopard-crawl – it was early in the course to make sure they would be wet and muddy for the remainder. To ensure they got the full experience of being in the mud, the ditch was crossed by 4×4 posts every six feet or so to ensure they maintained contact with the mud.
The Class of 1979 Remembers – Skylarks
It was a dark and stormy night on the 13th of October 1977 … okay not really – it was actually quite a nice but cool late evening, as six intrepid III year members of 4 Squadron, under cover of darkness, gathered stealthily around the base of the Memorial Arch – 12249 Terry Wood, 12207 Kevin McCarthy, 12218 Wayne Murray, 12357 Steve Zuber, 12154 Mark Beaulieu, and 12114 Brian Pitman.
The Class of 1979 Remembers – How’d He Get In There?
A lot of things were different back in the 70s when we were going to RMC, but even in the four years that we were there, things had already started to change. On one weekend “away” trip to play hockey against McMaster University and Ryerson, we found out…
Class of 1969 Updates
RMC Class of ’69 Updates Major Endowment 7715 Captain E.R. (Ted) Bade (RR/RMC 1969) Articles written by 7761 Mike Johnson, Class of 1969 The “In the Service of Canada” Book of Remembrance (page 157) commemorates Captain Edward Ronald (Ted) Bade’s passing and his obituary notes that he was lost on an air rescue mission on…
14067 Ted Parkinson Retires After 42 Years In Uniform / 14067 Ted Parkinson prend sa retraite après 42 ans en uniforme
Updated Monday, October 4, 2021: Due to COVID restrictions, Cdr Parkinson’s DWD has been once more postponed from 14 Oct 21 to 4 Nov 21. / Mis à jour le lundi 4 octobre 2021 : en raison des restrictions liées au COVID, le DWD du Cdr Parkinson a été à nouveau reporté du 14 octobre 21…
Class Notes: 9901 Don “Brode” Brodeur at the BC Masters Track & Field Championships & Class of 1965 Reunion by the Ottawa river / Classe de 1965 Réunion au bord de la rivière des Outaouais
9901 Don “Brode” Brodeur at the BC Masters Track & Field Championships The BC Masters Track & Field Championships were held 22 & 23 August 2021 in Surrey, BC. 9901 Don “Brode” Brodeur, CD (CMR 72/RMC 74) made Personal Bests in the Shotput and Hammer and earned Silver in both those events. Brode walked away…
Flashback: RMC 69ers Annual Gathering 2018
The following is courtesy of 8074 Doug Smith: Here is another photo of the continuing annual gatherings of the Class of ’69 golfers, now this time grown out to 16 golfers, due to the hard work of J.A. McCormick, golf “Commissionaire”. The photo was taken in 2018 at Bob Morton’s place in the Muskokas, Ontario.…
Updated Deaths and Obituary List for the Class of ’57
H3918 A.K. Roberts, Secretary, RMC Class of 1957, recently contacted eVeritas with a list of deaths of members of the Class of 1957 that may not have been reported to Panet House. The list is reprinted below in its entirety, along with individual obituaries where they are available. 3848 Sig Carlsen, died 26 August 2019.…