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Numéro 017/2005 |
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Quotation of the week He who has begun has half done, Dare to be wise; begin.
Horace |
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Trivia
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Police ask for
more time in Grozelle case
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coroner’s investigation into death of Royal Military College cadet
Joe Grozelle is expected to continue for at least another month,
Ontario’s deputy chief coroner said yesterday. The provincial Office of the Chief Coroner made the determination after meeting |
with OPP
investigators in Kingston on Thursday.
Dr. Jim Cairns said the meeting, held at the office of regional coroner Dr. Andrew McCallum, was for the police to update the coroner’s office on the case and to decide whether the investigation should be closed. Press HERE for more . . .
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Ex Cadet, Chris Saunders' struggle tale of duty, heroism By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE / Staff Reporter The Halifax Herald Limited 6 May 2005 |
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 Lieut. Chris Saunders' desperate struggle aboard HMCS Chicoutimi after it caught fire is a story of how things went from very bad to much worse. But ultimately, it's a tale of duty, honour and heroism, according to the report of a Canadian navy board of inquiry and comments from the navy's leader. Vice-Admiral Bruce MacLean said the late Lieut. Saunders, 32, did exactly what he was supposed to do during the ocean-surface emergency, adding the Halifax man was an |
extraordinary
submariner.
"After he had been assessed as a casualty, he was incredibly stoic (and) incredibly brave," Vice-Admiral MacLean told a Halifax news conference Thursday. "And (he) gave again that great cool and calm and deliberate manner which shows an exceptional submariner." What happened to Lieut. Saunders during the ill-fated trip on the Atlantic occurred within seconds, navy officers said. Press
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What's Happening Around the College? |
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Honorary Degrees will be presented to Gen Ray Henault, Dr. Willard Sterling Boyle, and Dr. Louise Vandelac at the RMC convocation ceremonies 20 May. Other Graduation Weekend Details may be found in the e-Veritas 016 (last week) Press HERE to read bios on these three recipients and Brigadier Malham M. Wakin, Ph.D. who will be recognized in a Toronto ceremony in June. |
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(l-r) Officer Cadets Jessy Van Eijk, 22, from Regina Sask; Jean-Pierre Noêl (Team Capt.), 22, from L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur, Que.; Marshall Douglas, 22, from Bowser, B.C.; Maciej Hatta, 23, from Georgetown, Ont.; and Dylan James, 22, from Drumheller, Alta. |
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famous slugger & home
run hitter, Babe Ruth.
This is one of the
best-known stadiums in the United States. The RMC Flag Party represented
the country and the college with distinction and class. The cadets were
also treated to a real good ball game. Yanks won 4-3 in the bottom of the 9th.
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Yankee
Stadium opened for its inaugural game on April 18, 1923 versus the Boston
Red Sox. For the first time ever, in this 82 year history, a flag party from RMC took part in the official pre-game ceremonies. Yankee Stadium is also
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Catching Up With the News! |
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Military objectives ignore $1.1B shortfall By STEPHEN THORNE –CN NEWS, 2005-05-04 |
 S123 Colonel (ret’d) Howie Marsh – Acting Commandant, RMC 1996-97… says the policy statement ignores fundamental issues confronting the Canadian military. The federal government's newly released defence and foreign policy objectives fail to recognize a $1.1-billion shortfall in the military's operating budgets this year, warns a defence think-tank. The policy is long on ideals and objectives but short on |
facts and strategies of how to reach them, given the Forces' weakened
state, says the Conference of Defence Associations. "The objectives
stated in the defence paper are encouraging (but) omissions cause
. . . concern and the fact sheets create suspicion," writes analyst
Howie Marsh, a retired army colonel.
"The paper says much about the way ahead, but says very little about existing limitations that will dog the Canadian Forces well into the next decade." Press HERE for more . . . |
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FOCUS |
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 The Snowbirds are celebrating their 35th Anniversary this year and to date have flown for over 116 million spectators across North America. All members of the Snowbirds are Canadian Forces personnel who have accumulated years of military experience prior to joining the squadron. Each year, military pilots and technicians who aspire to be in the squadron apply for a position with the Snowbirds. They are selected based on skill and experience. Additionally, pilots undergo a rigorous series of try-outs to evaluate their formation-flying proficiency.
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Press HERE for bios & photos, of 2005 Snowbirds Show Team & The Snowbirds Home Team with the Ex Cadet connection. |
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Ex Cadets in the News! We pick-up our news sources from wherever we can. Readers are encouraged to forward any item on an Ex Cadet, former staff member from any of the three military colleges. College number & photo will make our life a lot easier. William.oliver@rmc.ca |
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Ex Cadet 21348 Captain
Philippe Daunais (RMC 2000) (front row left) -
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CAMP MIRAGE – The Canadian Air Force contribution to the campaign against terrorism has reached an important milestone. On March 23, a Canadian CC-130 Hercules, flying with the Theatre Support Element (TSE) of Task Force Kabul (TFK), flew its 5000th hour of airlift in support of Operation ATHENA, the |
Canadian commitment to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. What does 5000 hours of airlift time really mean? Press HERE to find out.
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Last week in Calgary might well
have been called ex-cadet week
Submitted by - 3626 John Ink article |
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 When I arrived for the usual Tuesday meeting of my Club, there, seated near the front was 12560 Major (ret’d) Bruce Henwood. Seated at the Head Table, in the place usually reserved for our Guest Luncheon Speaker, was 5105 Dr. Jack Grananstein . I surmised that Bruce was simply a luncheon guest and that his chair next to the head table would afford him a shorter range for firing buns should Jack’s Luncheon talk prove off target! Not to worry! Dr. Grananstein was right on topic with his articulate and reasoned address “How should we |
remember VE days 60 years on?” He based his talk to the Club on the contrast between what school children in Canada would be doing on VE day and compared it their Dutch counterparts. We should be hanging our heads in shame in the way we have discarded the remembrance of our Armed Forces in the Liberation of Europe and the Defense of Freedom. Dr. Grananstein received a rare standing ovation from the Club. I happened to be at a table at which there were 3 under 30 Calgary business people attending as guests of one of the Club’s younger members. There reaction to the talk was - Wow, I didn’t know all that. Press HERE for more . . . |
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Air Reservist
Delivers Another First: By Capt Jeff Manney, Air Reserve Public Affairs, west coast. |
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Air Reservist Maj.
Don Fair, a 37-year veteran of the Canadian Forces and a former Air
Reservist of the Year, now holds the record for the number of hours
flown by a Reservist on the helicopter. He reached the mark,
accumulated over approximately 900
missions, in March
in his position as a Standards pilot at 443 Maritime |
Helicopter
Squadron. The unit is based at Patricia Bay on Vancouver Island. More remarkable still is that the veteran pilot’s achievement comes in what is essentially his third career. He ended stints as a fighter pilot in the Regular Force, and later as a Tracker pilot in the Reserves, with over 3,000 flying hours. Civilian work flying float-equipped Beavers, Grumman Avengers, DC-8s, 737’s and more recently summer duties piloting DC-6 water bombers have boosted his overall total beyond 8,900 hours. “As I tell the young folks around here,” Fair jokes, “you’ll go a long way before you’ll meet another pilot who knows so little about so many aircraft types.” Press HERE for more . . . |
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Pair of Ex-Cadets team up to set Canadian Masters Swimming Record |
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 10973 (left) Col John McManus (RMC ’76) and 10341 Jim Wright (entered RR in 1970) toast the record At the 2005 Masters Swimming BC Long Course Provincial Championships in April, a relay team from the Esquimalt Navy Masters Swim Team not |
only won the 200 Metre event for their age group, they set a Canadian National record with their swim. 10341 Jim Wright, who entered Royal Roads in 1970, teamed up with 10973 Col John McManus (graduated RMC 1976), Lt(N) Tony Zezza and James Marshall to win the Men’s 200+ Freestyle relay. Their ages added up to exactly 200 which is an advantage in Masters Swimming because the relay categories span 40 years. Press HERE for more story & photos . . . |
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Carpenter turned inventor makes safer scalpel Copied from, CBC News - 3 May |
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 5576 Ex Cadet Leonard Lee ALMONTE, ONT. - A small Canadian company has switched from selling to carpenters to supplying hundreds of U.S. hospitals with safer scalpels. Leonard Lee of Almonte, Ont., near Ottawa, produces |
surgical scalpels worth millions of dollars because their unique
blades are retractable. More than 1,200 hospitals and surgical centres in the U.S. are stocking up on Lee's successful invention, after a new law in the U.S. requires better scalpels. Press HERE for more |
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A Canadian
footprint in the Middle East: The CF in the Golan Heights by Jennifer Erickson |
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There is no doubt about it, the Middle East is changing and there is
no shortage of events that attract the attention of the international
community. In the midst of this is the UN Disengagement Observer Force
(UNDOF), situated in the Golan Heights that separate Israel and Syria. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Colonel Yann Hidiroglou, the mission's former Chief of Staff, and Col Jocelyn Cousineau, former Canadian contingent commander, both stationed in the Golan from 2003 to 2004. We spoke about how changes in the Middle East have affected and will continue to affect UNDOF and its Canadian contingent in particular. |
From
June 4, 1967 until the June 10 ceasefire, the Arab-Israeli Six Day War
saw Israel capture the Sinai, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the
Golan Heights from its Arab neighbours. CF members have been deployed
in the Golan Heights since 1974, when the UN Security Council voted on
a Separation of Forces Agreement between Israel and Syria. UNDOF's
mandate has been to maintain a ceasefire between Israel and Syria,
supervise the disengagement of Israel and Syria and supervise the area
of separation and limitation. Press HERE for more . . .
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Who Is It? Press HERE to find out more. |
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Has RMC hired one of the modern PR specialists who earn so much money announcing dodgy decisions? The doing away with competitive shooting seems to me almost as daft as doing away with Rugby Union in the first place; but to announce the reinstatement of one (yeah!!) at the same time as the scratching of the other (Boo!!) as if they were somehow linked...As a proud former member of both rugby and shooting teams, I can only wonder what's next. Yes, it's great to see that rugby will return, but to eliminate shooting!!?? Do we expect to meet any future enemies and scrum them out of existence? 6268 MGen (Ret) J.G. Leech |
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"Many Hands - make the burden light". « L’aide de plusieurs rend la tâche facile » S125 Bill & S134 Rolande Oliver |
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