Historic Places: RMC integral part of our heritage
Cadet Quarters B-34 The Cadet Quarters B-34 is a Recognized Federal Heritage Building built in 1964. This four-storey, symmetrical, rusticated limestone building with a C-shaped footprint and gable roof that features two projecting wings with gabled parapets and corner buttresses, double-hung windows arranged in paired columns on the longest elevations, and smoothly finished stone surrounds…
Canadian Forces Appreciation Night at the ACC
Service all in the family The remarkable Natynczyks attend the Canadian Forces Appreciation Night at the ACC By JOE WARMINGTON – Toronto Sun 4 January 2009 For the troops, it was a night off from risk of death, destruction and warfare. For the crowd and players at the Air Canada Centre, it was as chance…
NASA Releases Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report
9884 LCol (ret) Bob Banks, BEng, MD of Biodynamic Research Corporation (BRC) San Antonio, TX lead the BRC investigation that determined the mechanisms and timing of injuries experienced by astronauts lost during the crash of STS-107 Space Shuttle Columbia which occurred on February 1, 2003. The overall study findings are found in a report released…
New Kingston Branch Project – Traditions Advisory Group
Formation of Traditions Advisory Group Kingston Branch President, 4459 Ed Murray has developed the following Branch initiative: BACKGROUND: In communication with the Commandant, Ed expressed the following thoughts which were positively received: “It is the desire of the members of the Kingston Branch of the Ex cadet Clubs to support the College to the best…
Kipling’s Ultraman
Rudyard Kipling said it all: ” If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two Impostors just the same; Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it.” KAILUA-KONA- Hawaii – Lieutenant Colonel Tony O’Keefe is in charge of 1,054 cadets at Canada’s version of West Point. It is his job to…
Heritage buildings – RMC Saint-Jean
The Administration Building No. 24 is part of a group of military school structures at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean. The solid brick building, built in 1937 to 1938, is a multi-windowed, two-storey, rectangular structure with a hip roof. The classically-inspired main façade has two symmetrically placed, recessed, pedimented entrance bays, and a roofline broken…
Hatley Park
Hatley Park is a 228.84 hectare estate situated on the edge of Esquimalt Lagoon, with Hatley Castle, a Tudor Revival-style manor house, as the centrepiece of an evolved Edwardian landscape that is comprised of four zones: the gardens, the recreation spaces, agricultural lands and forest. More Grant Block is situated on sloping landscaped lawns adjacent…
Ex Cadet Shannon Travis Needs Your Help!
22545 Shannon Veurink (Travis) (RMC ’03) is currently completing her Masters in Social Work with a concentration in community, policy, planning and organizations. After completing her B.A. in Business Admin and minor in Psychology at RMC, Shannon attended the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand to attain a B.Sc. in Psychology. While living in…
As Remembrance Week Creeps Up – Looking Back Four Years
RMC INVADES SENATE CHAMBER November 5, 2004 This unique photograph was taken in front of the throne in the Senate Chamber at the conclusion of a special Ceremony of Remembrance on Parliament Hill November 5, 2004, kicking off Remembrance Week. Ten officer cadets (names not available) represented the college. In the front row are: Senator…
Big Changes With RMC Selection Process
Lieutenant-Colonel R.R.(Rod) McDonald, CD, MA is a 34 year veteran of the Canadian Forces. As a Canadian Forces pilot, he mainly flew tactical helicopters and is a former Commanding Officer of 408 Goose Squadron. He also has extensive experience in the education and training of NATO military officers of various ranks. He was a Directing…
The RMCs part of our Canadian heritage
Historic Places of Canada – Officer’s Mess Royal Military College Saint-Jean The Officer’s Mess, also known as Building 5 is one of a group of buildings located within the earthen ramparts of the former Fort Saint-Jean, now the . The large, rectangular building with projecting end pavilions is topped by a hipped roof with many…
Two Cadets Attended a Spring Ball in Holland
Having a “ball” at the Royal Netherlands Naval Academy By: 24414 NCdt Anna Dupuis and 24425 NCdt Daniel Kuzmicz On the 21st April 2008 NCdt Daniel Kuzmicz and I, NCdt Anna Dupuis, set off to the Royal Netherlands Naval Academy in Den Helder, Holland. The two of us were among seven other foreign delegations to…
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