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5272 Colonel (Ret`d) David T. Lightburn (RRMC RMC 1961) is a Peace Operations and Crisis Management Consultant and Senior Advisor to the Folke Bernadotte Academy, Sweden. He is a Life-Member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres, and independent Peace Operations Consultant. He retired from the Canadian Forces (Colonel) in…

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Ex-Cadets:  We don’t always know where you are… e-Veritas needs YOUR help! We pick-up our news sources from wherever we can, but we don’t always know where ex-cadets are or what they’re up to.  Readers are encouraged to forward any item on an Ex Cadet, graduate, or former staff member from any of the three…

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13260 Colonel Matthew K Overton (RRMC 1981) assumed command of Canadian Forces Recruiting Group on 14 May 2007. Colonel Overton has earned a BSc (Physics and Physical Oceanography) from Royal Roads Military College, an MA (War Studies) from the Royal Military College of Canada and the holds a certificate for the Advanced Programme in Human…

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e-Veritas 02 ’09 carried a portion of an interview with Col (ret’d) Bill Kelly and Materiel Matters . Following is the complete interview. Materiel Matters recently interviewed 13122 Bill Kelly, the new Director General of Aerospace Equipment Program Management (DGAEPM), who has replaced the recently retired  10593 BGen Paul McCabe in this position. Mr. Kelly,…

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10967 Brigadier-General David E Martin (RMC ’76) joined the Canadian Forces in 1972. He attended the Royal Military College, Kingston Ontario, and graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. He received his pilot’s wings in 1977, and after conversion training on helicopters, was assigned to 443 Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron in Shearwater, Nova Scotia.…

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11784 LCol (ret`d) Wayne AF Haggart (RMC 1978) received the 2008 Deputy Minister/Chief Defence Staff Innovation Award from former CDS S148 Rick Hillier and Deputy Minister Robert Fonberg. LCol (Ret’d) Wayne Haggart, with the Directorate of Ammunition and Explosives Regulation (DAER), was a member of the planning team for the creation of a departmental ammunition…

Insider’s View: Major Geneviève Lehoux

20633 Major Geneviève Lehoux (CMR RMC ’97) enrolled in the CF in June 1992 in Trois-Rivières (QC). She completed three years at CMR St-Jean and graduated from RMC in May 1997 with a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering. While at CMR and RMC, she was a member of the varsity women soccer team. She completed…

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2444 RAdm (Ret`d) John A Charles (RMC ’35) CMM, CD, MID RCN Born in Rouleau Saskatchewan 27 Mar 1918, John Charles joined the R.C.N. directly from the Royal Military College on 1 September 1937. He was immediately sent to the Royal Navy for cadet, mid-shipmen and Sub-Lieutenant training. At the start of war of WWII,…

An Officer, A Gentleman, And Then A CISM TKD Competitor

23179 Captain John Kim Written by: 25057 Ocdt (II) Nalae Yang The weekend of November 15th and 16th was one of the biggest annual Tae Kwon Do (TKD) competitions in Toronto. When I arrived at the site to get registered as a competitor on early Saturday morning, a member from my team tapped on my…

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Club’s oldest living Ex-Cadet celebrate his 101st birthday! “Friends, family and a delegation from the Club helped 1814 Major-General Elliott Rodger, the Club’s oldest living Ex-Cadet, celebrate his 101st birthday on November 30th at a lunch in his residence. Shown wishing him well are (seated from left to right): Wilson Rodger (MGen Rodger’s eldest son);…

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Director of Cadets LCol Anthony “Tony” O’Keeffe will be away from the college for a couple of weeks. He is competing in the 2008 Ultraman World Championships on November 28, 29 & 30. The three day, 320-mile (515-kilometer) individual ultra-endurance event which takes place on the Big Island of Hawaii. Entry is limited to 35…

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23227 Lt Tyler Peitzsche (RMC ’06), a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, deployed to Kandahar Afghanistan in September 2008 with the 3 RCR Battle Group. Lt Peitzsche is a tank Troop Leader attached to A Squadron, Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) that is operating in the Panjawai District of Kandahar Province. The Squadron operates…

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