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.…
Congratulations to the Class of 2021 from the Class of 1962! / Félicitations à la promotion de 2021, de la part de la promotion de 1962 !
Successfully completing the requirements for graduation from RMC is an admirable accomplishment, but for you it is a very special accomplishment. You have shown the ability and tenacity to succeed no matter what! Each year, the Class of ’62 is pleased to give an RMC Club tie or scarf to each graduate as one of our Class…
ATTENTION! ATTENTION! Surveying the Class of 1988 / Questionnaire de la classe de 1988
Are you ready to give back to benefit future generations of military college students? Article by 16598 Scott Stevenson Were you born in the mid-1960s? The Class of 1988, whether we attended Royal Roads Military College, the Royal Military College of Canada, or College Militaire Royale Saint-Jean, has undeniably reached a stage of life where…
The Class of 1962 Agrees to Fund Grad Frames for the Class of 2021
The Class of 1962 Agrees to Fund Grad Frames for the Class of 2021 Some of you may remember that last year the Class of 1962 provided funding for the Class of 2020 commission scrolls and degrees frames. The RMC Foundation and the Commandant would like to once again thank the Class of 1962 for…