RRMC Memories: Fishing in the RRMC Lakes
Fishing in the RRMC Lakes By James (Jim) Cooling, 4889 (RRMC 1956-58, RMC 1958-60) The story begins in 1958 when I was a Senior Cadet at Royal Roads. My mother had died the previous December and my father, a long serving senior NCO in the RCAF, had moved out of Permanent Married Quarters back into…
Sailing at the Canadian Military Colleges
Sailing at the Canadian Military Colleges By: OCdt P. Scotty Marshall, C.D., M1041, Commodore of the RMCC Yacht Club Life at the RMC is intended to change you. Its function is to transform young, smart Canadians into future Canadian Armed Forces leaders. To this end, it educates, trains, exhausts, demands, expects, and when necessary, provides…
Training for the “M”: Incoming Top 5 Setting the Bar High
A Preview Into Next Semester from the Incoming Top 5 As the end of the Winter 2014 semester approaches, the Cadet Wing is preparing to welcome the new Top 5 for the Fall 2014 semester. The incoming Top 5 have shared their thoughts on their expectations for next semester. CWC As I have been selected…
The Week That Was at RMCC…
IEEE Internal Competition On April 3rd, the Annual International Institute of Electrical and Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Internal Competition was held at the Royal Military College of Canada. This competition marks the end of the year-long design project course that allows students to demonstrate their ability to apply the electrical and computer engineering knowledge,…
Not a Pillar but Pretty Close…
Recreation/Competitive Club Recognition Evening Article & Photos by: Kristin Miller – Recreation and Intramural Coordinator On Wednesday April 2nd, a social was organized in honour of all the RMCC Recreation Club Volunteers who have contributed their time and energy ensuring the success of each club. The evening began at 1900hrs in the Cadet Mess beginning…
Careers / Carrières
Urgent Field Service Engineer, Blood transfusion Technology – Ingénieur, Technicien de service pour de l’équipement médical, Transfusion Sanguine Michelle Béliveau Conseil Inc., Montreal Electrical Engineer – Ingénieur électrique Consultants Canarail Inc., Montreal Turbomachinery Stress Engineer – Ingénieur en analyse de contraintes de turbomachines Pratt & Whitney Canada, Longueuil Estimator in construction (junior) – Estimateur construction…
Part IV The Reality of Battle – The Italian Campaign – 2761 Colonel Syd Frost: Northern Italy – Italian Maps
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“It wasn’t afraid of the water…” Jim realized, on the verge of panic. “It just can’t swim.”
A year ago, e-Veritas ran a four part series featuring the writing of 25366 Mike Shewfelt, whose fantasy novel “The Phaireoir Legacy” tells the story of College Cadet Jim Carmichael, and his journey on horseback from Kingston to Calgary and beyond. Now that Mike is back in Kingston, we’re picking up where we left off.…
Today passed quickly-no exams and a long tedious drill parade to let the seniors practice passing off while we stood at the slope
8 April 52 We wrote our first exam today – commerce 32. It was very fair and I feel quite happy about it. Now we have 5 full days until the next ones. Went in tonight for dinner at McDougall’s and then to see two delightful movies, “Tight Little Island” and “I know Where I’m…
In This Issue 13
PHOTO OF THE WEEK “The much publicized engine room fire that damaged HMCS Protecteur has inspired me to share a painting of the ship, in her heyday, steaming out of Halifax harbour en route to the Gulf War in 1990. The crews’ families are waving good-bye from the jetty. This painting, part of the…
Class Notes
“Nothing more precious that helping those little children to learn and to have fun…” Edited by 25366 Mike Shewfelt 8488 Michael Chreptyk, born 29 January 1948, credits his years on the family farm in Pleasant Home, Manitoba, with instilling in him the values of integrity, honesty and hard work that he learned from his parents…
Ex-Cadets in the News
Diner-conférence avec le commandant du CMR de Saint-Jean; le 4 avril 2014 Nous vous rappelons qu’un diner-conférence organisé par le Chapitre Fort Saint-Jean, en collaboration avec la 2e Division canadienne, aura lieu au Manège militaire Côte-des-Neiges de Montréal (Mont-Royal) le vendredi 4 avril 2014, de 11h30 à 13h30. Il s’agit d’une première édition, pour laquelle…