10970 Karmin McKay: Managing relationships while chasing your adrenaline rush (PTSD Series Part 2)
Editor’s Note: This is Part Two in an on-going series on dealing with PTSD. For Part One please see here. For the Introduction to the series please see here. Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational. Hugh Mackay Assumptions are the termites of relationships. Henry Winkler Truth…
The Class of ’79 Remembers: The [Not So] Wild Ones
With thanks to the Class of ’79, 12352 Chris Willmes and 12149 Pete Avis After graduation, and after a lazy, hazy summer of French language training at RMC, we newly-minted naval officers of the MARS persuasion were dispatched to the Naval Officer Training Centre, VENTURE, at CFB Esquimalt. There we began Phase IV of MARS…
Golden Oldies / Photos d’antan
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Keeping Tabs / Gardez un œil sur eux
25401 Alexandre Fisher – Air Traffic Controller at NAV Canada 21812 Alastair Luft – Joint Research and Analysis Branch Head at Canadian Joint Warfare Centre 24858 Haley Selbie – Business Consultant at HAS Motion 20398 Jeff Szumlanski – Communications and Electronics Engineering Officer 16947 Bruce Chapman – Defence Scientist at Defence Research and Development Canada…
From 12570 Mike Kennedy: RMC – Forty Years On (Part 4)
Above: Photo of #290 John Edwards Leckie taken sometime during his service with the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), 1914 – 1918. RMC – Forty Years On By 290 J.E. Leckie Originally written in 1933 Transcribed by 12570 Mike Kennedy Part IV There were always the sports in the autumn. As a recruit I had to rub…
New Ex-Cadet Book: “Scars and Black Armor” by 28568 Liam Chambers
28568 Liam Chambers received his English degree from RMC in 2020 and is a former eVeritas correspondent. He is a Royal Canadian Air Force Officer based out of Shearwater, Nova Scotia. You can find him trail running, reading, or on the mats practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Father to an energetic two-year-old, Liam is a fitness…
We Get Emails: My ROTP Instruction Letter from August 23, 1965 & RMC Chemical and Nuclear Engineering from 1970
The following is from 8120 Bill Gard. Some images of my ROTP Instruction letter from 1965. I remember we were sworn in on 3 Sep in the cadet gun room at RRMC. I thought you might like to see how things were in August 1965. Bill G. #8120 (Click on images for better viewing) The…
Sports: Fall Schedules for Men’s Rugby, Women’s Soccer, and Men’s Soccer
The following is courtesy of Peter Reimer, RMC’s Sports Information and Promotion Coordinator / Ce qui suit est une gracieuseté de Peter Reimer, Coordonnateur de l’information et de la promotion des sports du CMR Please see the below schedule for all Paladins men’s rugby, women’s soccer, and men’s soccer home games this fall. Men’s rugby…
Royal Military College Nuclear Research Reactor refueled safely and successfully / Le réacteur de recherche nucléaire du Collège militaire royal est ravitaillé en toute sécurité et avec succès
News Release September 23, 2021 – Kingston, Ont. – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Photos by S1 Lisa Sheppard Between August 16 and September 15, 2021, in coordination with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, a refueling was conducted for the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC)’s Safe LOW-POwer Kritical Experiment (SLOWPOKE) reactor. As part of this…
A170 Tom Rozman: More Leadership Do’s and Don’ts from Corps Level Headquarters
Above: Top l – r and bottom l – r III, I , XVIII Airborne, VII and V Corps A Leadership Perspective on interfacing with Corps Level Headquarters Article by A170 Tom Rozman Over a 22 ½ year Army commissioned officer career (overall Army engagement was 27 ¼ years on the Army rolls and 18…
Remembering 7101 Normand Nault / À la mémoire de 7101 Normand Nault
7101 Normand Nault June 23, 1944 – Sept 13, 2021 S’il vous plaît noter que la nécrologie en français suit la nécrologie en anglais. It is with profound sadness that we wish to announce the sudden passing of Normand Nault. Normand was adored and will forever be in the hearts of his wife Marilyn (née…
Deaths | Décès
From 5276 Digger MacDougall: 4595 Jerry Holtzhauer passed away last year (see here for his obituary). A service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for Jerry on Thursday, October 7 (11:00) at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in the Glebe. Anyone who wishes to join the Holtzhauer family and friends would be welcome. Preregistration is not required but…