BGen J Vance At RMCC & Queen’s University Last Week
BGen Vance stood up Task Force 5-09, the Canadian Headquarters that commanded and coordinated Canadian and Coalition civil-military operations in Kandahar Province from Feb to Nov 2009. RRMC Cadets & Staff Updated on Afghanistan By 15696 Brigadier General Jonathan Vance (RRMC 1986) Presentation focused on his experience with planning and conducting operations in Afghanistan. By:…
C/H Classic & W.P. Weekend Plus More
Royal Military College takes closer look at athletic program READ THE FULL STORY ___________________________________________________ The (w) varsity basketball team had a pleasant surprise on a recent visit to Ottawa. Head coach, Brad Schur explained. “Capt Tim McGee, Commanding Officer of 33 CER Army Cadet Corps contacted me before Christmas about having his Corps attend our…
Historical Hockey & A 2nd Semester Visit On The Red Carpet
Historical Hockey Summary: RMC 18; Queen’s 13 and RCHA 10. Sunday, February 7th – 1:00 p.m. – Annual Historic Hockey Series: A celebration of the first game played in Kingston in 1886. By: 24518 Paul Mayne The Annual Historic Hockey Series is a re-enactment and commemoration of the first organized game of hockey played on…
Ex-Cadets in the News
Canadian-trained police seen as key to Afghan recovery “The ANP is still a very fragile institution and it carries the highest consequence of failure,” Ward said during a visit to the Afghan Police Academy in Kabul. “That is why there is an emerging recognition that we must focus our effort on the police.” 12632 Mike…
Where Are They Now?
Base Commander looks forward to changes By: A/SLt 24498 Noelani Shore (RMC 2009) For Base Commander Colonel 14016 Rick Fawcett (RRMC RMC 1983), coming back to Kingston was a positive move. While he has been posted to Kingston in a variety of roles, he only began to fully understand the complexity of the Garrison in…
You May Know These 24…But Do You Really Know Them?
Match up the photo with the clue: Was seconded to work at the 1976 Montreal Olympics; Vancouver 2010 he is the proud father of an olympian; Was a full time cowboy, and a rodeo competitor before coming to RMC; Had two tours at Trenton; 10 years @ Cold Lake; stops at Greenwood & Goose Bay…
Qu’est-ce qui se passe au CMR Saint-Jean
xxxxxxxxx BLOOD CLINIC AT RMCSJ: A COLOSSAL SUCCESS By 25601 OCdt Jeremy Appolloni On January 15th 2010, the Officer Cadets from the Royal Military College (RMC) Saint-Jean hosted a blood donor clinic. Officer Cadet 25601 Jeremy Appolloni originally came up with the idea of having a blood donor clinic and he shared that idea with…
RMC Club of Canada – Three Branches Report In!
RMCSJ 8765 Claude Tassé, Président du Chap FSJ félicite chaleureusement 23309 Alexandre Dionne sous le regard amusé de 23482 Robert Levac. Les Fées, équipe formée de diplômés de la classe 2006 a remporté la catégorie masculine. 8765 Claude Tassé, President of the Fort St Jean Chapter, congratulates 23309 Alexandre Dionne under the watchful and amused…
RMCSJ BoG Profiles
This is the fourth in a series of five in which we are including profiles of members of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean Board of Governors. RMCSJ Reference Vice-Amiral (Retraité) J.C.J.Y. Forcier, CMM, CD Né à Trois-Rivières (Québec) le 11 novembre 1954, le Vice-amiral Forcier s’enrôle dans la Marine en décembre 1971. À la suite…
RMCC BoG Profiles
This is the fourth in a series of five in which we are including profiles of members of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) Board of Governors. RMCC Reference Blake C. Goldring, M.S.M., LL.D., CFA Blake C. Goldring holds an Honours BA in Economics from the University of Toronto and a Masters of Business…
Royal Roads Military College – Ships Bell
To: [email protected], It has come to light only very recently that our office here at the RMC Protestant Chapel has in its possession the former Royal Roads Military College ships bell. Upon my arrival to Kingston last summer I inquired as to its origins with no success. The bell is unmarked and my immediate two…
Canadian Naval Centennial & Who am I?
Canadian Naval Centennial On this day in the Canadian Navy! JANUARY Did you know? Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) Ten officers, thirty-two cadets and twenty-nine ratings from the Royal Canadian Naval College, who had been rendered homeless by the Halifax explosion in December 6 1917, came to Royal Military College, Kingston in January…