CDS & CAF CWO Message: Looking back with thanks, looking forward with purpose
As we head into the summer leave and posting season, we want to thank you—military members Regular and Reserve Force, and public service employees—for your hard work, dedication, and professionalism.
We’ve seen a great deal of activity across the Canadian Armed Forces. Whether at home or abroad, on bases and wings, in headquarters or training establishments, on ships and aircraft, or in operational theatres—you continue to deliver with integrity, discipline, and purpose. It has been a privilege to see that work firsthand. Your efforts directly contribute to the safety and security of Canadians and to Canada’s role on the world stage.
Congratulations to the Class of 2025! / Félicitations à la promotion de 2025!
You are graduating into a time of increased focus on Canada’s defence and sovereignty, where our global role is perhaps more under the spotlight than it has been in decades. The responsibilities that come with this are very real, but so is your readiness to lead us through these circumstances.
Vous recevez votre diplôme à une époque où la défense et la souveraineté du Canada font l’objet d’une attention accrue, et où notre rôle sur la scène mondiale est au centre de plus de discussions qu’il ne l’a été depuis des décennies. Les responsabilités qui en découlent sont aussi réelles que votre volonté de nous montrer la voie dans de telles circonstances.
You carry exceptional knowledge and skill, but you also carry the distinctive values that define the alumni of our Canadian Military Colleges. With time, you will see how these values guide you through the missions, the expectations, and the decision-making moments that lie ahead.
Vous avez acquis des connaissances et des compétences exceptionnelles, mais aussi les valeurs qui caractérisent les anciennes et les anciens de nos Collèges militaires du Canada. Au fil du temps, vous constaterez l’effet de ces valeurs sur votre capacité à accomplir des missions, à répondre aux attentes et à prendre des décisions.
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Announcement of Honourary Degree at RMC’s 132nd Convocation
Retired Maj. John H. Russell, OMM, CD, (OStG / USA) – honoris causa Maj. John H. Russell, OMM, CD, (OStG / USA) is the son of Albert Russell, MMM, CD, who in 1941 fought and was wounded at the battle of Hong Kong. Albert Russell spent three years and nine months in Japan as a prisoner…
RMC Convocation and Commissioning 2025
On May 15 and 16 2025, over 300 students attending RMC were presented with their bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, and approximately 200 of them became commissioned officers of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). For most, these events mark the end of their military university journey and the beginning of their careers as commissioned officers…
RMC Saint-Jean Convocation and Commissioning 2025
Commandant Colonel Guillaume M. Tremblay, CD, remarks from Commissioning Parade
From the Graduating Class of Royal Roads 1952 / RMC 1954 to the RMC Graduating Class of 2025
As Alumni, we were enormously proud of the achievements of our Classmates in the Canadian Armed Forces in Canada and abroad, in Business and Industry, in Academia, in Athletics, in Public Service and in Community Service roles. Our unique Canadian Military Colleges experience included a huge level of respect for the great many Alumni who have contributed so significantly to Canada , the world, and even as astronauts.
Dear Members of RMC Graduating Class 2025 From the Class of 1966
I was born in Scotland one month before the end of the War in Europe. Growing up, I learned from my parents and my older siblings (in words and photos) the terror of the Nazi Blitz, and the bravery of The Few during the Battle of Britain. They told me about hordes of Nazi aircraft flying over our village enroute to bomb the shipbuilding yards in Glasgow – and seeing some of these invaders crashing to earth in flames as close as a mile from our village.