Former DCdt LGen Marquis Hainse In Conversation With Victoria Edwards
E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) interviewed 12966 LGen Joseph Marcel Marquis Hainse, CMM, MSC, CD (CMR 1980), who served as DCadets at RMC in 1994-5. As of 18 July, 2013 he serves as Canadian Army Commander. He is currently the senior serving General in the Royal 22e Régiment. e-veritas: You are one of the most…
Former DCMT 2908 Al Pickering In Conversation With Victoria Edwards
E3161 Victoria Edwards interviewed 2908 MGen (Ret’d) Al Pickering CMM, CD (RMC 1953), who served as Director of Cadets & Military Training (DCMT) at RMC from 1967 to 1969. e-veritas: As one of the first 100 cadets after WWII, RMC did not yet grant degrees. Al Pickering: I graduated from RMC in 1953 having enjoyed…
Former DCdt Paul Mansbridge In Conversation With Victoria Edwards
E3161 Victoria Edwards interviewed 9391 Paul Mansbridge (RRMC RMC 1972), who served as DCdts at RMC 1988-1992. e-veritas: What was your military background prior to becoming DCdt? I understand that you had an extensive tenure at RMC. Paul Mansbridge: I attended RRMC/RMC as a cadet 1968 -1972. On several occasions early in my military career,…
Former DCdt Bob Thomas In Conversation With Victoria Edwards
E3161 Victoria Edwards interviewed 5300 Captain (N) (Ret’d) Robert H. (Bob aka Tex) Thomas (RRMC RMC 1962) who served as Director Cadets (DCdts) at RMC from 1983-6. e-veritas: What cadet memories do you have of RRMC and RMC? Bob Thomas: Although my father served in the RCAF in Burma during the war, he never talked…
Former DCdt Layne Larson In Conversation With Victoria Edwards
IV IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON FORMER DIRECTOR OF CADETS E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) interviewed # 5573 Col (Ret’d) Layne Larsen (RRMC 1962), who served as Director of Cadets (DCdts} and as Vice Commandant at RMC from June 1981 until August 1983. e-veritas: You are a member of the first degree class in…
Former DCdt Marcel Parisien In Conversation With Victoria Edwards
THIRD IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON FORMER DIRECTOR OF CADETS E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) interviewed 8738 Colonel (Ret’d) Marcel Parisien (CMR RMC 1971), who served as Director of Cadets (DCdt) from July 1992-1994 at RMC and as Commandant of CMR in 1994-1995. e-veritas: What cadet memories do you have of CMR and RMC?…
Former DCdt Brian R. (“Bear”) Brown In Conversation With Victoria Edwards
SECOND IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON FORMER DIRECTOR OF CADETS E3161 Victoria Edwards interviewed 8389 Captain (N) (Ret’d) Brian R. “Bear” Brown (RMC 1970), who served as Director of Cadets at RMC from 1986-1988 and his wife Sue. e-veritas: What cadet memories do you have of Kingston and RMC e.g. meeting, playing varsity…
Former DCdt Tim Ryley In Conversation with Victoria Edwards
FIRST IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON FORMER DIRECTOR OF CADETS E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) interviewed 3927 Col (Ret) Charles (aka Tim) E. S. Ryley (RRMC RMC 1957), who served as Director of Cadets from August 1975 to July 1977 at RMC. e-veritas: How did you find your workload at Military College as opposed…