Senator Reviews HMCS Ontario Basic Training Graduation Parade
“How you serve is up to you, but your country needs you…” Article and Photos by 25366 Mike Shewfelt For the Cadets of the College who share the peninsula with HMCS Ontario each summer, having the Sea Cadets around means longer line ups in the Dining Hall, fire drills at ungodly hours, and other assorted…
Careers | Carrières / Tip of the Hat & Realtors
Maintenance Fleet Administrator (lift trucks) 12-304PL / Gestionnaire, entretien de la flotte (chariots élévateurs) 12-304PL Hewitt Équipement Limitée Technical Sales Representative / Représentant technique Busch Vacuum Technics Inc., Boisbriand Science & Technology / Sciences et technologies Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité, Ottawa & Montreal NDT Inspector Level 3 / Inspecteur NDT niveau 3 Bombardier…
“The Unusual Character of the Royal Military College” The Founding of RMC, Part 1
This is the first in a four part series on the politics and people involved with the creation of the Royal Military College of Canada. It is taken from pages removed from the “Queen’s Quarterly 74, no. 3 (Autumn 1967), ” found in the shoe box of old photos in Panet House. The Founding of…
Deaths | Décès
2524 Charles Train Gray (January 27, 1919 – July 18, 2012) Charles Gray passed away at the Colonel Belcher Care Center at the age of 93. Charlie was predeceased by his wife, Norma Lorraine Gray in 2002. Charlie is lovingly remembered by: his daughter, Charlene Edey (Don), grandchildren Jocelyn (Darryl Tkachyk), and Brian (Pamela), great-grandchildren,…
In This Issue 30
In This Issue 30: To find an article: copy title into the search bar on the top of the website and press the ‘enter’ key. To search for an individual: type their name into the search bar and press the ‘enter’ key. Commandant meets with graduates around the country Class Notes…Torch is Passed Ex-Cadets in…
Commandant meets with RMC graduates around the country
Commandant meets with RMC graduates around the country 24498 A/SLt Noelani Shore (RMC 2009) Brigadier General Eric Tremblay, CD, Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada, is headed from coast to coast to reconnect with RMC graduates at training establishments from Esquimalt, BC, to Gagetown, NB. As a graduate from the Collège militaire royal…
Class Notes…Torch is Passed
Class Notes We would like to acknowledge and thank the creative and professional work of 26069 OCdt Chris Kunkel who over the last number of weeks has been the Co-ordinator of the Class Notes Section and the author of some popular human interest articles for e-Veritas. Chris is currently going through a career transition and…
Ex-Cadets in the News
Canada’s former top soldier in Haiti sues for $6.2M “He has suffered emotionally, physically and his reputation has been tarnished, considerably, for something that he hasn’t done,” retired colonel Michel Drapeau speaking about – 13511 Bernard Ouellette Article Past e-V article on Col Ouellette Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2012 (RIMPAC). “RIMPAC provides the…
The Way It Was… In Photos
Photos layout & researched by 24647 Paul Lystiuk Over the next few weeks we plan on posting a number of “oldies but goodies photos” from the past 10 decades & beyond. Most of these photos have little or no captions. We retrieved them from both the Royal Military College of Canada library archives and an…
Group of Ex-Cadets Climb Mount Yamnuska
Hiking the Rockies is No Walk in the Park Article by 25647 Paul Lystiuk Last week on July 9th, a group of ex-Cadets, led by 5675 Dennis Apedaile, climbed Mount Yamnuska. The group consisted of Charlotte Apedaile, wife of Dennis, and their son 25276 Benjamin Apedaile along with 25427 Jennifer Stanton, 25397 Jhordan Dorrington, 25187 Abby Edminson…
What are these 24 up to these days…?
1. Joined the Naegis Board in September 2011, bringing his extensive leadership experience gained from 25 years in the hi-tech industry and prior to that, the Canadian Air Force 2. System Engineer 3. Veteran marathoner, social entrepreneur, philanthropist, Business Professional and Marketing Consultant 4. A survivor of the “dot com” bubble burst and enjoyed…
Focus on Military Staff: 21971 Capt Lesley Kerckhoff, Staff Officer to the Commandant
25366 Mike Shewfelt recently had the chance to sit down with 21971 Capt Lesley Kerckhoff, Staff Officer to the Commandant at the College. e-Veritas:What were your expectations upon coming to the College…? 21971 Capt Lesley Kerckhoff: My expectations, like many, were of an opportunity to go to university and not be in debt when I…