Around the World in 155 Days with the French Navy
x Around the World in 155 Days By: 24712 Brent Fisher (RMC 2010) A recent RMC graduate has just returned to Canada after spending the past six months as an exchange officer with the French Navy. 24100 Jordan Premo (RMC 2008) benefited greatly from genuine operational experience in a volatile region of the world. In…
Former RMC Pipe Major returns as a member of Otter Squadron
It is rare indeed when a former staff member returns to RMC as a cadet. This is exactly what has happened to a current member of Otter Squadron – the Squadron for non-commissioned personnel who are heading back to university to get a mid-career degree at Royal Military College. The highly accomplished and energetic E3161…
Ex-Cadets & Professors in the News
Garrison of CFB Kingston donates $200,000 to Together We Can campaign “Like everyone else, members of the military depend on our community hospitals,” Col. Rick Fawcett, base commander, said in a release. “We are happy to lend our support.” 14016 Richard Fawcett (RRMC RMC 1983) READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE _______________________________________________________________________ Exercise “free play” is no…
Ex Cadet doctor hailed for contributions to aerospace medicine
Photo by Pamela Day Caption: Former Whitby resident and graduate of Anderson Collegiate, 9884 Dr. Robert Banks (CMR RMC 1974), was recently awarded the John Paul Stapp Award from the Aerospace Medical Association for his long-term contributions to military aviation and aerospace medicine. He is pictured here at the May ceremony in Phoenix, Arizona with…
MND @ Nijmegen March & The Major Completes 13th Battlefield Tour
Caption: The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence with 15012 Major Tom Norris (RMC 1985). MND marched with the Canadian Forces Contingent during the 94th annual International Four Day Marches Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Major Norris is Deputy Commander and the daily piper. In the photo he is shown carrying the pipes he…
Paladin hockey player heading to the NHL Habs
Paladin hockey player heading to the NHL Habs Ken Morin, a mainstay on the 2009-10 Paladin hockey team and a RMC MBA student, has been hired by the Montreal Canadiens to work in their hockey operations department. His appointment was announced last Tuesday (27 July) by Habs general manager and executive vice-president Pierre Gauthier. Morin,…
Bruce Poulin is running in Rideau-Rockliffe Ward (Ottawa)
(Click on photo for better viewing) 14344 Mr. Bruce Poulin (RMC 1992) is running for municipal council in Rideau-Rockliffe Ward after more than 22 years in the military, and another 10 years as an entrepreneur and a member of The Royal Canadian Legion. Born to a working class family in Eastview, Bruce Poulin grew up…
Ex Cadet wife about military life
Two Canadian military wives about military life and how they cope with constant relocation. MUCHMOR CANADA MAGAZINE When we talk about relocating to a new property, new town or even a new province or country, no one knows the process better than the military. Many of us probably don’t realize that the families of our…
Two Naval Colleges in Canada? Setting the Royal Roads record straight
Two Naval Colleges in Canada? Yes, there were! Let me tell you about them…. By: RCNC #247 R.A.F. Montgomery 1. Royal Naval College of Canada (RNCC) – 1911 to 1922 In 1911 LCdr. E.A. Nixon, Royal Navy (RN), aided by a staff of 12, established RNCC in the dockyard at Halifax. Captain (N) E.H. Martin,…
Entrance Exams for RMC – 1915 & Edwin Tappan Adney – former RMC staffer 1916-19
1131 BGen (Ret’d) 1131 Brigadier Percy Arthur Stanley Todd, CBE, DSO, ED, CD (1898-1996) (RMC 1915) attended Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa from 1913-15. He was one of 200 men who undertook a seven-day, highly competitive examination competing for the 53 available positions at the Royal Military College in the year following the outbreak of…
Deaths | Décès
4877 Dennis Burningham (RRMC RMC 1960) I received the sad news this evening from Dennis’ wife Gulnya, that Dennis passed away today (31 July) in London, England. He had been fighting cancer for at least the past year and had been hospitalized since the middle of June. Please pass the word to those who knew…
DRAFT CONSTITUTIONAL AMEMDMENT – OLD BRIGADE
The Club’s Executive Committee and General Council, at their meetings on 21 May last, approved a proposed amendment to Section 14.0 Old Brigade of the RMC Club’s Constitution. In particular, the proposed new new Section 14.3 is important and worthy of attention from all members of the Club for the reasons given in the preamble…