Recruits Tip Their Toes in the Water Before the Real Fun Begins.
1st year Recruits ready for CFLRS by E7830 OCdt A. Castle, an ALOY cadet who has joined the ROTP program as a new recruit Last Wednesday, 6 August close to 200 “recruits” arrived at RMCC. The group stayed around the peninsula until Saturday when they headed off to Saint- Jean, PQ; where they immediately commenced…
C’est la rentrée au Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean!
C’est la rentrée au Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean! Ajouté par Nicolas Laffont Certains la craignent, d’autres avaient hâte d’y être, quoi qu’il en soit c’est bel et bien la rentrée pour 150 nouveaux élèves-officiers au Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean. 45eNord.ca a passé les premières heures avec eux. Moment attendu et redouté par les…
Keeping Tabs…
Aerospace Engineer at Canadian Forces Cargo Warehousing Manager at Canadian Armed Forces Retired RCAF/CF Engineering Test Pilot Canadian Army Comptroller at Canadian Forces Vice President, Product Development – Fantasy Games and Social Media Flight Instructor at Edmonton Flight College Former rugby player now Engineer Officer Commanding Officer – 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron 2013 UTPNCM…
CISM W Volleyball – Rio De Janiero, Brazil
15th World Military Women’s Volleyball Championship On August 4th, 2014 the official opening ceremonies of the 15th World Military Women’s Volleyball Championships commenced at the Army Physical Training Center, Rio De Janiero, Brazil. There are five women’s teams competing – Brazil, Canada, China, Germany and the Netherlands. They are playing a round robin format with…
Quiz By E3161 Victoria Edwards…
Quiz by E3161 Victoria Edwards… The Royal Military College of Canada has a collection of British Regimental Silver, which had belonged to the 100th Regiment and, later, to the 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment. The 1st Battalion was raised as the 100th Regiment of Foot in Canada in March 1858. The Leinster…
Who am I…?
Who am I…? While at RMC I was a member of the varsity hockey Redmen and played for “The Major”. I started out after graduation as a CELE Officer with 1st Canadian Signals Regiment in Kingston. I attended medical school at McMaster University, and interned there before becoming a general duty medical officer. I served…
In This Issue 30
Kingston & area Ex Cadets & Club Members – Don’t miss the luncheon this Wed At the meeting of the Kingston Branch on Wednesday, 6 August 2014, we will welcome another ex-cadet as our speaker. 10982 Chuck Oliviero had a wide ranging career starting as an Armoured Corp officer and ending as Special Advisor to…
Opinion: Aug 4, 1914
100 Years Ago! By: Olivia Bechard August 4, 2014. Today marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. The world was a much different place in 1914, and Canada was certainly not how we know it today. In 1914, Canada was still a dominion of Great Britain, and therefore, when the…
Germany and the Origins of the Great War
Caption: The Comdt by all accounts appeared to have an enjoyed meeting with German Professor Mike Epkenhans this week. Among the topics discussed was the possible opportunities for increased academic collaboration moving forward. (L-R) LCol Jan von der Felsen,LCol Ralf Heimrich,Prof. Dr. Michael Epkenhans, commandandant, BGen Al Meinzinger, RMCC principal, Dr Harry Kowal, Dr. Jim Kenny,…
Class Notes
7959 Mark Hannington (Class of ’69) recently retired from teaching school in Hawaii. Following graduation from RMCC, Mark served in the Canadian Navy as a submariner. As a young father, he concluded that was no way to raise a family. Following his compulsory time, he left the Navy, moving his family to a small town…
Ex-Cadets & More in the News…
Caption: Lieutenant-Colonel Steve Jourdain, Commander Cobra Company was deployed to Afghanistan between March and October 2009 and as a result he wrote a book titled Mon Afghanistan. He is pictured here with a copy of his book. LCol Jourdain attended the Festival International du Livre Militaire (FILM) hosted by the French Military Academy, Saint-Cyr…
Claude Scilley In Conversation: 22909 Kevin Dulude
The salad days of RMC basketball By CLAUDE SCILLEY 22909 Kevin Dulude laughed out loud. “Yes,” he said, he is aware that nine years after his playing career ended, he remains the leading all-time scorer and rebounder in Ontario University Athletics basketball. “I’m 33 now, and I still play now and then,” the former Royal…