Extra Innings

By remembering Veterans’ service and sacrifice, we recognize the tradition of freedom they fought to preserve. Veterans of the First World War are everyday Canadians who became heroes by standing up for what we as a nation believe in: peace, freedom, and justice. Veterans Affairs Canada offers a diverse number of Remembrance Day resources on…

Don McLeod is affectionately known as Mr. Red & White in Atlantic Canada by many who are aware of the outstanding job he has done as RMC Liaison Officer for the Red and White program for the past eight years.McLeod has been so successful in this role that his numbers of successful candidates going through…

13789 Commander Darren Rich is a 25 year veteran of the Canadian Forces. Over that time he has had his share of sea time and life ashore. The Canadian Forces Naval Engineer has five years under his belt at RMC. He has been the Deputy Director of Cadets; Special Assistant to the Commandant; and has…

Local war hero honoured in St. Catharines 2364 Air Commodore Leonard Birchall. With a bugle sounding and a warplane drifting low overhead, St. Catharines commemorated one of its most heroic former residents Friday – Air Commodore Leonard Birchall. Dignitaries, bagpipers and military personnel descended on Connaught School for a ceremony that finally gave the man…

What happened to the “golden children” of West Point’s bicentennial class? IN A TIME OF WAR The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point’s Class of 2002 One of the demographic curiosities of recent years is that, despite the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the percentage of veterans in the U.S. population has dropped…

United States Military Academy – West Point; United States Naval Academy – Annapoli; United States Air Force Academy; Royal Military College of Australia; Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS); École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr; and New Zealand Defence College. United States Military Academy – West Point The United States Military Academy West Point accomplishes its mission…

Dr. Emily Spencer is an Assistant Professor with the History Department at the University of Northern British Columbia. Dr Spencer was born in Montreal and has a BA (1998) in Psychology from Dalhousie University and an MA (2002) and PhD(2006)i n War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada. Her first Book Lipstick and…

By: 13077 Dean Black (RMC ‘81) It was bloody cold. I remember that. I can also remember being anxious about the whole affair; fire picquet, that is. I was in my 1st year at the Royal Military College of Canada, loving every aspect except this – fire picquet. I had been spoiled, you see. I…

The Nijmegen experience By: Élof François-Olivier Gauthier On Friday the eleventh of July, the RMC Nijmegen team 2008 flew out of Canada to join the Canadian contingent for Operation Nijmegen in Netherlands. The team had trained for eight weeks accomplishing more than 750 kilometres in the region of Kingston prior to their departure. For many…

Last Spring an announcement was made that Running –  would once again be granted full varsity status (male & female) at RMC.  The man behind the scenes over the past three years leading this drive was 20733 Trevor Davies (RMC ’97). Trevor was kind enough to give us some background about himself; what motivated him…

I year Kris Hicks and IV year Gavin Whynot block a Navy Kick RMC hosted the inaugural Labour Day rugby tournament this past weekend. Teams included USNA, Concordia, Kutztown and University of Western Ontario. The tournament is a Can Am affair with RMC taking on USNA and Kutztown (Philadelphia) on Saturday and Sunday respectively. This…