PROJET DE RÉNOVATION DU MESS DES ÉLOFS (SAINT-MAURICE) AU CMR SAINT-JEAN / RENOVATION PROJECT OF THE OCDTS MESS (SAINT-MAURICE) AT CMR SAINT-JEAN
Above: From left to right; 28427 OCdt Daniel Curry, 27976 OCdt Aurélie Godard-Paquette, 20380 Col Nicolas Pilon, Commandant of RMC Saint-Jean, 28466 OCdt Ophelia Bonanni-Surprenant, CWO Richard Plante, H17090 Mrs Hélène Ladouceur, Executive Director of la Fondation des Anciens du CMR Ex-Cadet Foundation, 28055 OCdt Alexis Bédard, Mr. Steve Hétu, President and DG of the…
10970 Karmin McKay: “You have it easy at RMC,” they said
Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a series. It sets the stage and foundation for many of the articles to follow by the same author. As such, it is a longer than the others. Future articles include: optimizing secondary duties, your first posting, Generals and RSMs are people too, What is TDV, you…
Keeping Tabs / Gardez un œil sur eux
19033 Nick Grimshaw – Executive Director – Environmental Enforcement Branch at Government of Alberta 21069 Karyne Framand – Business Intelligence Analyst at Medicago 19401 Christopher Renahan – Director of Land Requirements at Canadian Army 20156 Richard Goodyear – Chief Financial Management 24014 Calley Gray – Program Manager- Surface Fleet at Department of National Defence 23713…
Golden Oldies / Photos d’antan
Above Photo: RMC 1948 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** First annual 69er golfing “get together” in 2001 at Kelowna B.C. Photo provided by 8074 Doug ‘Smitty’ Smith ***
10966 MICHEL MAISONNEUVE: MEMORIES OF RMC – SOUVENIRS DU CMR PART 11 / PARTIE 11
CENTENNIAL CLASS OF 1976/CLASSE DU CENTENAIRE 1976 À l’approche de l’entrée de notre promotion dans la Vieille Brigade, plusieurs souvenirs remontent à la surface. Je vais tenter d’en écrire quelques uns; certains en français, certains en anglais. As the date of entry of our Class into the Old Brigade approaches, many memories resurface; I will…
6560 Andrew Nellestyn’s Food for Thought: A helicopter on Mars – Who would have thought?
Who would have thought!!! But then Leonard Davinci (1452-1519), a polymath extraordinaire and the personification of the Renaissance man, the term was first applied to him, had foreseen, even drew schematics of an helicopter in his lifetime when a geocentric universe was still in vogue. AN. https://www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6018413
The Class of ’79 Remembers: The Lasalle Squadron Flag Caper
With thanks to 12162 Dwight Davies and the Class of ’79 We all can easily recall that period of shock and awe when we transitioned from our freedom-loving high school existence to the much more disciplined life of a cadet, most notably during Recruit Camp. During that period, we were introduced to many of the…
Military Colleges Connection: Promotions and Senior Appointments 2021 General and Flag Officers List / Connexion aux collèges militaires : Promotions et nominations supérieures 2021 – Officiers généraux
(La version française suit) Now that the promotions and senior appointments of 2021 have been made public, we have recognized many names as being alumni of the college. While we have done our best to cross-reference each member on this list in order to ensure they have graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada,…
20380 Nicolas Pilon promu brigadier général / 20380 Nicolas Pilon Promoted to Brigadier General
Gracieuseté des Affaires publiques du CMR Saint-Jean / Courtesy of RMC Saint-Jean Public Affairs (Jeudi 13 mai 2021) C’est avec beaucoup de fierté que nous vous annonçons la promotion du colonel Nicolas Pilon, commandant du Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, au rang de brigadier-général ! En présence virtuelle de ses parents, de sa femme et…
28560 Bennett Dickson: Graduating During COVID / Diplomation durant COVID
Editor’s Note: Bennett Dickson’s articles have been a feature of eVeritas over the last few years. We wish him all the best as he graduates! If I went back to 2017 and told an 18 year-old me, an eager first year at CMR Saint-Jean, that my undergrad would finish at 12:38pm following an exam I…
What’s Happening Around the Colleges / Les événements autour des Collèges
Above photo by Cpl Brandon James Liddy, RMC Public Affairs / Photo ci-dessus par le Cpl Brandon James Liddy, Affaires publiques du CMR (Tuesday, May 4, 2021) Today is the day RMC military members are provided the opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccination thanks to 33 CF H Svcs and CFB Kingston. Dispersed RMC cadets…
Military Colleges Mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia / Les collèges militaires célèbrent la Journée internationale contre l’homophobie, la transphobie et la biphobie
Today is a day to think about how our actions impact others, to understand that we are different in many ways, but our differences should be praised and not condemned. By flying the pride flag on campus today, RMC demonstrates its support for the principles promoted by the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and…