Mike Kennedy remembers………
Mike Kennedy remembers……… 22 November 2010 Thirty-four years ago today, I awoke to celebrate my 19th birthday at RMC. By that time, my class had been at the College for exactly three months, having arrived on 22 October 1976. Though barely ninety days had passed since we first assembled on the Parade Square, by that…
Rewarding career in the Infantry
Caption: 17639 Stéphane Bilodeau traveling by Black Hawk from Massum Ghar to Camp Nathan Smith, in Kandahar city. Rewarding career in the Infantry A/SLt 24498 Noelani Shore (RMC 2009) Feeling the need for adventure, and with the possibility of traveling around the world, Major 17639 Stéphane Bilodeau (1991) decided to join the Collège militaire royal…
Where are they now?
Peter Dawe(L), Executive Director, RMC Club and Gord Clarke (R), President RMC Club traveled to Ancaster, Ontario on Thursday 5 November,with several members of the Hamilton Branch in attendance. The occasion was the presentation of the certificate of Honorary Life Membership in the RMC Club to H2552 Bill Young (centre). Bill was nominated for Honorary…
5573 Layne Larsen – Former RMC Director of Cadets – Busier Than Ever!
5573 Layne Larsen (RR RMC 1962): Director of Cadets RMC, Kingston – 1981 – 83 entered Miliary College out of Moose Jaw Central Collegiate Institute, Moose Jaw, SK; earned Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (1962); & Master of Electrical Engineering (1967); Jun 62-Oct 62: completed Phase IV of classification trg ANAV/RO, received Honour Graduate plaque Oct…
Where are they now? Jacques Tremblay & Bill Lewis
Today, Jacques Tremblay, 76, is running a minor hockey hockey school at the Strathcona Paper Centre in Napanee. He coached Men’s Hockey at Royal Military College (1989-1996). He made his mark at the Royal Military College, leading the then-Redmen to the the playoffs in the 1995-96 season. It was a feat that earned him CIAU…
Brent Fisher: In Conversation with Gino Bruni
Gino Bruni in Quad at Jesus College Almost an entire year has passed since 23988 Gino Bruni (RMC 2008) was declared a 2010 Canadian Rhodes Scholar, RMC’s first in over 20 years. Last month, he departed for the University of Oxford, where he will be studying for the next two years. Brent Fisher recently spoke…
Where are they now?
22735 Victor Bertrand (RMC 2004) completed Phase IV Infantry upon graduation in 2004. He was then posted to 1R22R as his first regimental tour. During that tour he was infantry platoon commander, including a deployment in that position in Afghanistan during ROTO 2 & 3 with the Force protection company at the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction…
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16449 LCol Jason E. King (RMC 1988) is Commandant of the Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC). The mission of the PSTC is to provide specific, individual training to prepare selected DND, OGD and foreign military personnel for Full-Spectrum Operations (FSO). He attended the Royal Military College in Kingston graduating in 1988 with a Bachelor of…
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17325 Robert Duchemin (RMC 1990) (photo on the right), a long standing Ice Hockey Australia (IHA) on-ice official was granted “Official of the Year for 2009“. Rob commenced his officiating duties at the age of 12 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He officiated in Nova Scotia’s minor hockey system until the age of eighteen. He was…
Where are they now?
Former Paladin Toiling in the Professional Hockey Elite League in France By: WJO Paul Bradley is playing hockey in Strasbourg, France for the L’ Etoile Noire this season. Former Ex cadets who served in Baden and or Lahr will be very familiar with Strasbourg as it was just a short driving distance away from both…
In keeping with the family tradition
In keeping with the family tradition A/SLt 24498 Noelani Shore (RMC 2009) Coming from a long line of Canadian military members, John Carswell decided not to break tradition, and attended the Royal Military College. Born in Vancouver, Carswell was raised all over Canada because his father, Andy Carswell, was a career Air Force pilot. “I…
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9869 Clément Fortin (CMR RMC 1973) has lead the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (CRIAQ) as its new CEO since August 2010 http://www.criaq.aero. Clément stepped down as director of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at École Polytechnique de Montréal, a position he has held since 2005. He earned a Bachelor of…