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Exam time – 2014 Click on photos for better viewing Photo(s) of the Week by Curtis Maynard A tip of the hat to the following members who just recently updated their Club membership status: Chapeau aux membres suivants qui ont tout récemment mis à jour leur adhésion au Club: 3116 Norman E Cressey –…
14632 Simon &15519 Sandra Sukstorf: Back at Boston Marathon
This week, we begin a new feature in e-Veritas, Whatever Became of … In each issue an ex-cadet and / or a former staff member will reflect on his or her time at military college(s), and talk about what they’ve been up to in recent years. We hope you enjoy. Claude Scilley has been reporting…
Ex-Cadets & More in the News
18866 Eva Martinez was recently invited to be the keynote speaker for a Halton District School Board Model United Nations Conference. Halton students learn about UN mission at Model UN conference “Although my experiences were limited to a very small mission in a very small country, I hope you can draw from it that there…
Class Notes…
7739 Herb England, Class of ’68, served with the Queen’s Own Rifles and PPCLI for three years. From 1968 to 1971, he served in Cyprus and as Chief Instructor at the Canadian Army Mountaineering School. He retired with the rank of Captain. Following retirement, he worked with Arthur Andersen & Co in Toronto. He became…
PROFILE: The Battle Cry of 12723 Pat Stogran
PROFILE: The Battle Cry of Pat Stogran This feature appears in Ottawa Magazine’s April 2014 issue By RON CORBETT Dog days 12723 Pat Stogran started playing guitar again after he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Now he leads an open-mic concert series called Singing for Change, which raises funds for Wounded Warriors and encourages…
“Was that you back then?”
As a part of the Summer Cruise of HMCS ONTARIO in July 1956 we went down the West coast of North America as far south as the Equator, and then made a port call in Quaquille, Ecuador. As it transpired, the Ecuadorian Railway was doing a test run of a new self-propelled passenger car from…
Who Is She? Who Are They?
Who Is She? Received her B.A. (Hons Political and Economic Science) from the Royal Military College of Canada. A former members of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMCSJ) Board of Governors. She is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University, Ottawa. She is a former defence analyst with…
“All hell has broken out now exams are over.”
20 April 52 Today is Sunday and a marvellous day for nearly anything but studying. Played more horseshoes today. Right now there are people fishing enthusiastically behind the Frigate; a motorboat just pulled up with a beautiful doll looking for Bidwell; here I am trying to study math. 21 April 52 Math this morning was…
Mainguy, Mutinies and Mainstream Society: 1949 and the social turning point in Canada’s Navy
Mainguy, Mutinies and Mainstream Society: 1949 and the social turning point in Canada’s Navy By: 16142 JJ Smith 2014 marks the 65th anniversary of mutinies in the Royal Canadian Navy that had far-reaching effects, ones which continue to influence leadership and terms of service in our navy today. The “incidents” as they would later be…
Gunners Out to Honour Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae & His Flanders Fields Legacy
The RCA Heritage Campaign Regimental Headquarters The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Canadian Forces Base Shilo P.O. Box 5000 Stn Main Shilo, MB R0K 2A0 In Flanders Fields – Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, May 1915 – May 2015 Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, artillery officer, physician and poet, wrote In Flanders Fields at the height of Second Ypres,…
Memorial Project: 70th anniversary of the founding of the RCAF’s first three squadrons dedicated to air transport operations
5480 Gary Ferguson, ’62, (left) is a volunteer with the National Air Force Museum of Canada (NAFMC) and former member of 436 and 437 Squadrons, while his son (17836 Chris Ferguson, ’91) flew with 435 Squadron. As 2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of these squadrons he has, with the support of the museum, squadrons…
Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean
Dévoilement des rénovations de la bibliothèque du CMR Saint-Jean SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Qué. – Les médias sont invités à la cérémonie de dévoilement des rénovations de la bibliothèque du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean qui se déroulera le mercredi 23 avril à 9 h 30. Quand : le mercredi 23 avril à 9 h30. Quoi : la…