Budget Cuts Hit Home – Staff & Cadets Briefed by Commandant
Axe Falls on Colleges By: WJO By now most readers are aware of the “budget cuts” within the public service. Both colleges have been hit too. To what extent? Last week in Kingston, the commandant, BGen Eric Tremblay held two sessions, Wednesday a Town Hall, in Currie Hall with satellite coverage to the New Gym…
Ten Switched on Cadets Present Roméo Dallaire With 20K for His Child Soldiers Initiative
Left to right: Christine Powers, Capt Anthony Robb, OCdts Eric Robb, Anthony Matlock, Emily Morgan, Brittany Brown, Taylor Raeburn-Gibson, Alexander Kisielius, Christopher Lane, Stéphanie Paquette, Jennifer Allan, Senator Roméo Dallaire, BGen Eric Tremblay, MWO Andy Skinner The Summit Scholarship Last Friday, 9 March, Cadets and support staff of the RMCC Expedition Club’s 2011/12 Kilimanjaro Expedition…
West Point / RMC Hockey / Week long Diary Leading to the Big Games
RMC lose on the ice – big winners in the bigger scheme of things By: WJO RMC renewed its long-standing rivalry with its military brethren from the United States Military Academy (Army Black Knights) Saturday, 4 Feb at Tate Rink located on the grounds of West Point. The final score was 9-1 in favour of…
2012 RMC Sandhurst Team Announced
RMC Sandhurst Team Makes Final Selections This past weekend, the staff of RMC’s Sandhurst Team made their final selections for the 2012 team. These selections were made following a grueling 3 1/2 hour training session on the afternoon of Saturday 21 Jan 2012, and then announced at an informal ceremony held in the RMC Cadet…
10 Awesome Cadets Make it to the Top of Africa!
Caption: <standing> OCdts Anthony Matlock, Alexander Kisielius, Taylor Raeburn-Gibson, Nicolas Metayer, Christopher Lane, Eric Robb, <kneeling> Stephanie Paquette, Jennifer Allan, Emily Morgan, Brittany Brown Mission Success! On 05 January 2012 the RMCC Expedition Club’s Kilimanjaro Expedition of 10 cadets safely and successfully reached the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, according to plan.This success…
Staying Relevant & 2011 – The Year of Change – Looking Ahead
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Final Word for 2011 As 2011 draws to a close, the inevitable reflection on our 6th year of producing e-Veritas brings forth a certain satisfaction at surviving the tough challenges that are involved in keeping relevant on a consistent basis to our core readers. Since our inaugural year – 2005 we have published…
Club President on the Topic of Honorary Degree At Royal Military College of Canada
M0058 Marc Drolet 06 November 2011 Dear General Council Members of the Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada (RMCCC). There has been numerous communications on the subject of the offer of an Honorary Degree to Mr. Don Cherry in the last few days, both in the media and within the Club via emails. An Official…
RMCC Receives Three-Part Gift Worth More than $1.45 Million from John van Haastrecht
New Member of the Old Brigade Marks Entry with a Bang By 24712 Brent Fisher Of all the great stories that have come out of this past Reunion Weekend, perhaps none are as significant as 7076 John van Haastrecht’s (RRMC RMCC 1966) donation to the RMC Foundation. Mr. van Haastrecht, on the same weekend that…
Michael A. Rostek – New E.D. for RMC Club
Following a rigorous, transparent and competitive 3 month long process, it is my pleasure and privilege to present the newly selected Executive Director of the Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada, 14356/ G1697 Michael A. Rostek, CD, Ph.D. Michael joined the Canadian Forces in 1979 starting at Le College militaire royal de Saint-Jean. In 1984,…
2011/12 training cycle has begun at RMCC
Five Training Wing Main Events Completed to Kick-off 2011-12 By: Director of Cadets, LCol Susan Wigg From our perspective, BGen Tremblay arrived with continued emphasis on excelling, without delay, at the finer points that make the Royal Military College of Canada the national treasure that it is. Among others, one quick and notable evolution was…
Class of 2015 Arrives! ’86 Grad Remembers…
Class of 2015 Marches through the Arch By: 25337 Chris Manning – Cadet Wing Public Information Officer (CWPIO) – Photos by: Alex Zaporzan The Memorial Arch was erected in 1923 to honour the cadets who gave their lives for Canada. It is tradition for the first year class to march through the Arch upon…
Staff Learns the Commandant’s Intent – First Hand
Photos by: Alex Zaporzan Commandant speaks to Staff at Currie Hall By: WJO BGen Eric Tremblay held his first formal “talk” with civilian and military staff (all ranks) at the RMCC historic Currie Hall last Tuesday, 9 August. His nearly two hour address covered a lot of bases and left no doubt that he…