Help repatriate the HMCS Royal Roads Bell
Royal Roads University To help repatriate the HMCS Royal Roads Bell, you can make a donation on line at the RMC Foundation web site. You will find it at http://www.rmcclubfoundation.ca Click on Donate Now and, after filling in the required information, scroll down to Other and, in the blank space, designate your donation to the…
Afghanistan: Should we stay or should we go?
Afghanistan: Should we stay or should we go? Reprinted from the Summer 2010 edition of Veritas magazine Introduction by S150 Peter Dawe, RMC Club Executive Director 3528 Paul Manson wrote a superb opinion piece in the Spring 2010 issue of Veritas that spoke to the need for Canada to honour her promises and therefore stay…
H4860 Gen(Ret’d) John de Chastelain
Reprinted from the Summer 2010 edition of Veritas magazine H4860 Gen(Ret’d) John de Chastelain REFLECTIONS AT A FUNERAL I spent part of the afternoon on Saturday of the Victoria Day weekend at the Beechwood National Military Cemetery in Ottawa attending the funeral of a Canadian soldier killed recently in Afghanistan. He was a young man…
H7543 Senator Joseph A. Day
Reprinted from the Summer 2010 edition of Veritas magazine H7543 Senator Joseph A. Day 3528 General(Ret’d) Paul Manson, in his article in the Spring 2010 issue of Veritas, calls upon Canadians to be more informed about why Canadians are in Afghanistan and why we should not be leaving in July of 2011. On 13 March…
S151 Senator Hugh Segal
Reprinted from the Summer 2010 edition of Veritas magazine S151 Senator Hugh Segal My statement in the Senate in April, and the subsequent op-ed in the Toronto Star served to underline the strategic imperative for Canada to maintain a tactical military presence in Afghanistan after any withdrawal from Kandahar province in 2011. The reasons are…
17481 Dr. Sean M. Maloney & LCol Ian Hope
Reprinted from the Summer 2010 edition of Veritas magazine 17481 Dr. Sean M. Maloney The influx of American reinforcements and development monies into southern Afghanistan is welcome relief for Canada’s hard-pressed forces in Kandahar Province. The nearly three-year holding action is now over and Kandahar City and its environs did not fall under enemy control…
3139 Ted Kolber, Senator Colin Kenny & Canadians want to end Afghan mission by 2011, poll shows
Reprinted from the Summer 2010 edition of Veritas magazine 3139 Ted Kolber General Manson’s (Veritas, Spring 2010) words arguing against Canada’s decision to end its participation in the war in Afghanistan seem more rhetoric than substance. The so called war is more of a non-war, only scattered skirmishes – the casualties coming from soldiers on…
You May Know These 23…But Do You Really Know Them?
– northern Ontario native; was active in IM Water Polo & volleyball; plays the bagpipes, served in the Canadian Navy; one of the original fans of David Hobby’s off-camera flash techniques (aka. Mr. Strobist); believes in delivering a high quality product and trusted service. – product of St Lambert, Quebec; Won the 1999 – The…
In This Issue 30
Photo by: 24487 Dan Fleming – Caption: Grayfox docks at RMC – The SCS Grayfox is a United States Naval Sea Cadet vessel stationed out of Port Huron Michigan. This is the second year the Grayfox was hired to assist in the training of the Basic Seamanship and Boastwain training for HMCS ONTARIO Sea Cadet…
A New Mentor at RMC
A new mentor at RMC A/SLt 24498 Noelani Shore (RMC 2009) Chief Warrant Officer Tony Slack, the newly appointed College CWO, comes to RMC with a wealth of operational and leadership experience. This is his second posting to Kingston, and CWO Slack is looking forward to being back. “Kingston is a jewel,” he said. “I’m…
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…