Game Time for Class of 2016: D-Day Quickly Approaching
First Years Gear Up for the Obstacle Course Article and Photos by 25366 Mike Shewfelt With the Obstacle Course, and the end of the First Year Orientation Period, less than a week away, the Class of 2016 spent this past Saturday evening getting a good look at just what exactly they’ll have to do, and…
The Week That Was… / La semaine qui a été
Commandant’s Birthday Surprise The tradition of Skylarks in offices continued this past week. In honor of College Commandant BGen Eric Tremblay’s birthday, someone staff and Cadets redecorated his office overnight, leaving dozens of balloons for him to find on Monday morning. The Commandant was all smiles when e-Veritas arrived to capture the result. ____________________________________ Cadets…
FYOP: The Final Push
So Close But Still So Far: Badging Parade Preparations Begin The Class of 2016 has struggled these last few weeks in the First Year Orientation Period with one goal in mind, earning the right to wear the RMC cap badge. That goal is finally in sight as the Cadet Wing began practicing for the Badging…
FYOP Cadets Face First Major Hurdles
Round and Round ‘Til They Get It Right: Passing off the Square We’ve all done it. Every First Year Cadet dreads it, and every Senior Cadet loves to watch it. Passing off the Square is a College tradition that has the First Years, working with their roommates, perform a series of drill maneuvers on the…
The Week That Was…And More…
The College Remembers 9/11 The Cadet Wing has gathered on the Parade Square many times in the last few weeks. It’s the beginning of the year and Parades just seem to happen more often now than they do at other times, whatever the reason for them may be. This past Tuesday, Sept 11, though, it…
The Week That Was…
Back  to School Following a week of in-clearance and briefings, academic classes began this past week. Cadets hit the books following a much appreciated long weekend, the first such break until Thanksgiving and one of only a few such breaks until the end of semester Exam Routine in December. ______________________________________ If it’s not raining, it’s…
Ironman Team Gears Up for Future Challenges
Petawawa Ironman Team Takes On Petawawa Ironman Training Event Article by 25887 OCdt (IV) Daniel Wilkinson – Photos by: Sonia Sansoucy On Sunday August 26th at 0700, participants and support personnel of the Petawawa Ironman Training Event (PITE) gathered in the Brock Squadron lounge to learn about the daunting task that was before them. This…
The Week That Was…Skylarks & Much More
Cadets Back and So Are Skylarks 25804 Francis Holtken With the new DCdts, LCol Patrick Lemyre, expressing his love for skylarks and with the new approval system in place, the intent in the skylark seen above, where the tables in the Dining Hall were rearranged to say “C Div”, was to show that skylarks were still something…
Colombian Officers Pay a Visit…
The Colombian Staff College visited on 21 August 2012 as part of their cross-Canada familiarization tour. RMCC was one of the many stops including Cold Lake, Trenton, at the Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre (CFLAWC), Ottawa and Victoria for the new students to gain an understanding of the CF. BGen Jamie Reyes Breton was…
Kingston Branch Gets Lecture in Politics
“Making Sense of Politics Anywhere, Anytime” Yvan Gagnon Talks Politics with Kingston Branch Article and Photos by 25366 Mike Shewfelt In the last eight months, the Kingston Branch of the RMC Club’s monthly luncheon has seen a variety of speakers and a variety of topics. Everything from the state of the College to the nuclear…
Busy Off-Season for Many Coaches
24647 Paul Lystiuk recently had a chance to speak with a few RMCC coaches about what they have been up to during the off season. Joel Ridley – Tae Kwon Do Currently Joel is running a high performance Tae Kwon Do training camp here at the college. The camp, which is a week long, is…
Much Anticipated Sports Dome Nears Completion
Light At the End of the Tunnel for Dome Project Article and Photos by 25366 Mike Shewfelt The College’s new sports dome, which anyone driving along Highway 2 has seen taking shape over the last couple of months, is finally in the home stretch of construction. “It will be usable by Aug 20,” said 9802…