RMCC Levee at the SSM
This past Friday, 10 Jan, Commandant BGen Al Meinzinger held a levee to mark the start of the New Year. Local political, other community leaders joined with current and past military and civilian RMCC staffs; Ex Cadets from the Kingston Branch all packed into the Senior Staff Mess and paid their respects. The large over-flowing…
The Week That Was
Click, click on photos for better viewing Dome restoration making progress Resurrecting the dome continues to be a high priority. Weather permitting over the past week or so work crews were spotted working hard to make the necessary repairs and clean-up. The process to re-inflate it started this past Friday afternoon. By Sunday from…
Top 5: Up to the Challenge!
OCdt. Marc Pelletier 25654, CWC – OCdt. Carter Powis 26170, D/CWC We are honoured to have been selected as the CW command team for Winter Semester, 2014. Having worked together as FYOP staff in our third year, it is a lot of fun to be able to work together again, albeit on a very different…
Training for the “M”
Wednesday PMT – Professional Military Training Context: Wednesdays at RMC begin with a “military” morning. OCdts/NCdts dress in combats on Wednesdays only, and every class (1st through 4th year class) have a respective military brief or activity between 0800-1000 hrs. Here are the PMT briefs for 8 January 2014. 1st Year Class: Now that FYOP…
The Way They See it & Looking Ahead
The Way I See It 26670 NCdt III Katherine Silins Coming back to Kingston after Christmas leave is always bittersweet. Living, working out and attending classes together can make squadron-mates, classmates and friends seem like a second family and returning means coming back to the familiar rhythm and structure of the College. However, it also…
Une stagiaire militaire du Bénin au CMR Saint-Jean
Arrivée au Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean à la fin juillet, l’Élève-officier N’DAH-SÉKOU est intégrée à l’escadron Iberville, un des trois escadrons du Collège qui compte au total quelque 200 élèves-officiers. On la voit ici durant l’exercice Leadership Conquérant qui se déroule au mois de septembre. Crédit photo : Capt Eric Le Marec Une stagiaire…
Into the Silence excerpt – 758 Wheeler, E.D.
Hello, Bill: Happy New Year to you! Attached is an extract from a book I am currently reading. There are some paragraphs about one of our grads from the RMC Class of 1907, starting at the middle of page 229. I was fascinated by this finding, particularly since Wheeler was also a member of Mallory’s…
3069 W.A. McColl’s Diary – III Year – 62 Years Ago
14 Jan 52 I’ve worked myself back into routine again. Have started going to gym team practices and we’re putting on a short display this week. It’s amazing how one can get out of shape from staying away for a while. Church parade into town turned out well as some of us went to Chalmers…
Deaths | Décès
MURRAY, Arthur William ‘Bill’ MURRAY, Arthur William ‘Bill’ , passed away January 5, 2014. He was born in Halifax, October 22, 1920, to the late Arthur Vincent Murray and Mary (Mae) Elizabeth Murray. Prior to the Second World War, he graduated from Halifax Academy and attended Nova Scotia College of Art 1939-1940. In early 1941,…
In This Issue 1 – HAPPY NEW YEAR / BONNE ET HEUREUSE ANNÉE!
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: 3238 Fred Myers – Five year membership; 4859 Kenny K Murata; 5192 Brian S MacDonald; 5793 William K Bawden; 7337 Ken Beswitherick;…
Remembering H17417 Col. The Hon. JR Matheson
At least two major Honourable John Matheson awards have been established at RMCC in recent years: The Captain Nichola Goddard Memorial Sword is presented annually to the Cadet deemed to be the best ROTP artillery cadet entering fourth year. 22458 Captain Goddard, who graduated in 2002, was killed in action serving her country in Afghanistan…
West Point Hockey Memories
West Point Hockey Memories: Over the next few weeks we will be posting first-hand experiences from former players who participated…no, competed in the West Point / RMC hockey series. Note (1): Click, click for better viewing; (2) 2011 should read 2012; (3) score for 2013 game was 4-1 for West Point. West Point Hockey –…