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Glad to see RMC is still going Down Mexico Way from time to time. Here is a photograph of the 1960 RMC contingent on parade in Mexico City to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mexican independence. The parade was a long one. We formed up at 0800 and were collected for the return to the…
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That was exceptionally fast release of e-Veritas’ ex-cadet weekend review! Congrats to you and your staff. I very much enjoyed Friday’s class of ’70 events and the parade on Saturday. Further participation was reluctantly postponed to 2015. Next reunion is our old Brigade entry point so should be very well attended. Perhaps there should be…
Honor Guard, No! Guard of Honour, Yes!
I have noted that articles in eVeritas are using the term “Honor Guard”. This is an American term. In Canada we have Guards of Honour!! The extract below is from the Heritage Canada site, wherein CFAO 61-8, mod 8/84 is quoted as the authority. Other subjects such as gun salutes and musical salutes are also…
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“Co – Op” Request – Success Story! This past summer, with the assistance of the RMC Club (special thanks to Mr. Oliver for all his help), I was given the opportunity to work at a small engineering firm in Markham, Ontario. The company, Cole Engineering, had a small Mechanical Engineering department where I worked for…
Foundation: Changes to Letters Patent; RMC Nomadic Lifestyle; & Sunray Author @ RMC on Friday
Changes to Letters Patent The Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada Foundation Inc. With 2010 being the Canadian Naval Centennial, a number of our members have requested that the motion to amend our Letters Patent be further amended to provide for recognition of the former naval colleges that have operated at the Canadian Military Colleges.…
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My name is Capt Anthony Robb and I am a combat engineer with 2 Combat Engineer Regiment. In addition, I graduated RMC in 2004 and have since served in Gagetown (trg), Petawawa, Toronto and back to Petawawa. In 2006, while serving as the 1 Tp Commander, 23 Fd Sqn, I deployed to Afghanistan as part…
Calling George Lucas
After a 5 year battle with Leukemia, Capt Matthew Walsh, Class of 06, (Photo left) has been given only a few months to live. He is currently in hospital in Halifax, surrounded by family and friends. His final wish is to meet the infamous Star Wars creator, George Lucas. There is a group on facebook…
Cadet Good Samaritan & 435 (T&R) Squadron will be holding a Memorial Service on 6 June
I was witness to the brave actions of one of RMC’s Cadets, Thegne Rathbone, yesterday afternoon and I wanted to tell you about it. We were leaving an apartment and he had noticed that an elderly lady had tripped over the curb on her way in to the building and was laying on the ground.…
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Good Day from the Infantry School in Gagetown, I just read the feature you did on the RMC PT Test and the cadets training to achieve a perfect score of 500 points. In the article it claims that no cadet in the last decade has gotten a perfect score of 500 points within the new…
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Sorry for the delay in getting this to you, just had the presentation ceremony on the 15 Jan 10. Lucky to have Commander Auchterlonie home for a visit at the time. 19 Wing Comox and the Comox Valley Minor Hockey Association paid tribute to 17793 Commander Bob Auchterlonie (RMC 1991) by mounting and displaying his…
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(Click on photo for nice view) Christmas Ski Touring In the dark days of last November, 2nd year cadets 25434 Jean – Christophe Ouellet (photo) and 25194 Alex Kisielius decided they should do some skiing and snow boarding and see western Canada for the first time. When Alex got injured, J-C decided to do the…
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Canadian Space Society hosted its annual Canadian Space Summit 2009 here at RMC on Nov 21&22. As the vice-president of the society and a military professor with the ECE Dept, I was particularly interested in showcasing the CF’s new space policies, and the work done here at RMC in terms of space related research. The…