10966 MICHEL MAISONNEUVE: MEMORIES OF RMC – SOUVENIRS DU CMR PART 10 / PARTIE 10
CENTENNIAL CLASS OF 1976/CLASSE DU CENTENAIRE 1976 À l’approche de l’entrée de notre promotion dans la Vieille Brigade, plusieurs souvenirs remontent à la surface. Je vais tenter d’en écrire quelques uns; certains en français, certains en anglais. As the date of entry of our Class into the Old Brigade approaches, many memories resurface; I will…
Golden Oldies / Photos d’antan
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Golden Oldies / Photos d’antan
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Golden Oldies / Photos d’antan
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8117 Doug Ferris Remembers: 1965 Needle Parade at Royal Roads
This little anecdote from the past is focused to my 1965 intake Royal Roads classmates, but all may appreciate the circumstances. It was a pleasant enough Saturday morning in September 1965. As new recruits of CSC Royal Roads we spent most of the morning wandering around the parade square in somewhat straight and approximately parallel…
Remember When: Skylark Leads to Close Encounter with Wolfe Island Ferry in 1970 / Vous souvenez-vous lorsqu’un « skylark » mena à un face à face avec le traversier de l’île Wolfe en 1970
Article by 10102 Pat Ellis One skylark I participated with at RMC (where skylarks are of course a bit of an art form) was at the end of my “Rook” (recruit) term in September 1970. It was the Saturday night before the Ex-Cadets weekend. That Ex Cadets weekend saw the last of many tasks to…
Remembering My Friend: 8177 Col (Ret’d) Terry Rogers
By 7761 Mike Johnson (RMC ’69) On January 18, 2021 the Class of ’69 lost a highly respected classmate and many of us lost a close and long-time friend. We have many acquaintances in life but friends of over 55 years are exceptional and are to be cherished. Inevitably these rare friendships result in the…
A Tale of Two Buddies: Remembering 12338 Ritchie Smendziuk
Above: 12169 Marc Fraser and 12338 Ritchie Smendziuk in Ottawa celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday near the war memorial. Article by 12169 Marc “Fraz” Fraser Photos courtesy of the Class of ’79 One came from a small Manitoba town – the other from Germany via Quebec. One was an Engineer – the other an Artsman. One…