Senior Leadership Changes
College Says Goodbye to the Old and Welcomes in the New Article and Photos by 25366 Mike Shewfelt This past Friday, 6 July, under a beautiful blue sky and with Cadets on parade resplendent in their Scarlets and 1A’s, the Royal Military College of Canada said goodbye to several members of the Command Team. 14510…
Class Notes
6589 Thomas (Tom) Bailey,`65 retired in Winnipeg in 2010 after 12 years as a civilian instructor at CFSAS and a military career of 37 years that began as a Naval cadet in 1961 at Royal Roads. Receiving wings in 1966, he flew CS2F Trackers at Shearwater and onboard HMCS Bonaventure, and CC130`s at 436 Sqn…
Ex-Cadets in the News
Canada Day – A time to help “This city is our home and we share in its triumphs and tragedies,” 12192 LGen Tom Lawson, deputy commander of NORAD Article HMCS Regina departs for the Arabian Sea region “The men and women of HMCS Regina are highly-trained professionals and are more than capable to take…
19894 Erin O’Toole: Will He Run? Late breaking news…The answer is yes!
(photo – Brad Lowe) Erin O’Toole Big Decision to Make By: WJO As we were going to press rumours were rife that 19894 Erin O’Toole, a graduate of Royal Military College of Canada (’95) (photo right) currently a Bay Street lawyer is gearing up for a run at the Ontario seat that federal Conservative Member…
What are these 24 up to these days…?
1. Synthetic Environments Coordination Officer & keen cyclist 2. is author of Mortgage Freedom, a non-fiction personal finance book for Canadian homeowners and Co-Founder, President and CEO of TDMP.com 3. A very recent student at Canadian Forces: Canadian Forces College 4. specializes in turning around under-performing companies that are close to bankruptcy. His focus is…
The Week That Was…
Training Wing Sergeant Major Departs It was a fitting way to send off Training Wing Sergeant Major MWO Andy Skinner. With Cadets on parade resplendent in their Scarlets and dress uniforms, the final rehearsal for Friday’s Change of Appointment Parade was brought to a halt to acknowledge the efforts of Sgt Major Skinner since his…
Sports Program – A Giant Leap Forward
Sports Program – A Giant Leap Forward By Christine Powers-Tomsons, Rec & IM Mgr With the recent announcements about the changes to the RMC competitive sports program, many people are asking “what is this Competitive Club program all about”? Although many details are still being worked out and we will learn a lot in our…
e-Veritas – 2012, The First Six Months…
The Best of the First Half… By: WJO We are well into July. The weather at least in this neck of the woods has been “hot & sticky” for quite some time. We had the opportunity last week in a nice air conditioned room to review the January to end of June (2012) editions of…
The Way It Was…In Photos
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 old shoe box full of photos laying around…
Deaths | Décès
4213 John Edwin (Jack) Caswell CASWELL, John Edwin (Jack) – 1936 – 2012 It is with sadness we announce Jack’s death on July 1st, at home surrounded by his family at the age of 76. He is survived by his wife Arlene (nee Griffith) and his children David (Cathy) of Waverley, NS and Susan (Marty)…
Flashback: Sir Arthur Currie and RMC, Part 1
The following short article is the first in a two part series on Sir Arthur Currie and the Royal Military College. It is taken from The RMC Review, Vol 1, 1920. No author is given. The Visit of Sir Arthur Currie, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., etc. Transcribed by 25366 Mike Shewfelt Sir Arthur Currie, Inspector-General of the…
Careers | Carrières
Continuous Improvement Engineer / Ingénieur amélioration continue Vortex structures aquatiques internationales inc. Continuous Improvement Engineer / Directeur de l’exploration Goldcorp 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…