Issue 011/2006

Numéro 011/2006


In This Issue - Dans ce numéro
 
 

Quotation of the Week

“I divide my officers into four classes; the lazy, the industrious, the clever, and the stupid.  Each officer possesses at least two of these qualities.  Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments.  Use can also be made of those who are stupid and lazy.  The man who is clever and lazy, however, is for the next highest command.  He has the temperament and the nerves to deal with all situations.  But whoever is stupid and industrious is a MENACE, and must be removed immediately.” 

General-Baron Von Hammer Steiner-Equord;
(an excerpt from The Marker, page 5, 13 May 1958.)

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Trivia  
 

Two RMC cadets proudly display the Canadian Flag.  What was the occasion? Location?  Year?

a.         Spring Army MOC training; Fort Henry; 2001. 

b.         Sandhurst; West Point; 2001. 

c.         Spring Army MOC training, Fort Henry; 2002 or 

d.         Sandhurst; West Point; 2002

Answer right after Extra Innings below.
 

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What's Happening Around the College?

RMC IV Year Engineers Do It Again

23482 Robert Levac

23433 Sean Connors

Officer Cadets 23433 Sean Connors (32 U Pilot) and 23482 Robert Levac 43 U EME, students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, took first place at a students paper competition held Wednesday 22 March 2006 at Queen’s University, for their presentation on their fourth year design project, "Runway Lighting Detection Robot."  

The event was sponsored by the Kingston Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and involved students from RMC, Queen’s University, Carleton University, and the University of Ottawa.  Each university was represented by a team selected through an internal competition. 

For having won the competition, Officer Cadets Connors and Levac received the sum of $240, as well as a one-year membership in the IEEE. 

Congratulations, Sean and Robert, on a very successful project!!

 
Pistol Shooting Still Alive at RMC!
by 23518 IV Year Jesse Olson


 Officer Cadet Jesse Olsen holding the Free Pistol in firing position at one of the Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) ranges in Ft. Benning, GA.  Over the course of a match, he would raise, hold and release a shot in this position over 100 times. 
This includes practice raises with or without dry firing, sighting shots, and 60 match shots.

Over reading week and for one week in March I had the opportunity to attend a number of shooting competitions with the assistance of the RMC Athletic Department and the RMC Foundation.  I started shooting in first year with the varsity pistol team and continued until the end of the team in 2005.  This new skill and past time that I had learned was not something that I wished to stop doing and so I continued shooting on my own time.  In 2004 I earned the chance to shoot at the US Intercollegiate Pistol Championships in Fort Benning, GA.  Having missed the chance in 2005 to repeat this experience, I set this as my primary goal for my shooting while I was at RMC.  Now a member of the CISM shooting team and training with the Ontario Junior Team, I was able to train and improve my skills during the fall semester. 
 

The first step was the sectional qualifiers held at the United States Military Academy, 17-18 Feb.  My goal was to obtain an individual invitation in at least one event, either free, air or standard pistol.  I had already been training on my own air pistol but hadn’t shot the other two events in some time.  The West Point coach, LTC (ret.) Duston Saunders, was gracious enough to lend me a free and standard pistol to shoot the events.  I figured my best chance at an individual invitation was in Air Pistol.  This meant that I need to shoot in the top 30 shooters in the US.  As an international invitee I would not take one of those 30 spots from an American but would be invited as a “31st” as long as I shot above the 30th place shooter. 

Click here for more on the pistol article and more photos

Final Wrap-Up for Food Drive
By NCdt 23961 II Year Trevor Robinson, OPI Second Year Class Project

  
The lady cadet, (in her RMC tracksuit) Brianne Gibson collecting food
downtown Kingston as part of the II Year Class Food Drive

On behalf of the Class of 2008, I would like to thank RMC for the excellent support of our Food Drive for The Partner's in Mission Food Bank. The food collected at the college gave the project an incredible head start on our way to collecting over 14 000 pounds of food by the day's end.   

The winner of the $50 Tim Horton's gift certificates is:  

RMC Cleaning Services, who was able to raise 5 large boxes of food.  

The winner of the Pizza Party is:  

5 Sqn, who was able raise some food, but also $305.00 for the Food Bank. 

Again, thank-you to all participants.    


Just one of the II Year Food Drive crews:  (l-r) John Im, Katherine Likuski,
Mackenzie Smith, Gabby Moran, Vanessa Harmon, Beth Crosier.

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FOCUS

Royal Military College Honours Varsity Athletes at Annual Ceremony

At RMC’s annual varsity awards ceremony held last Thursday evening, individuals from six of the ten varsity teams were honoured.  Four of the awards were claimed by the men’s and women’s fencing teams.      


23705 Natalie Jones winner of the Kelly Gawne Memorial Cup

23705 Natalie Jones, 22, an Electrical Engineering student hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, and member of the Canadian Fencing Federation (CFF) High Performance Program, won her first Kelly Gawne Memorial Cup as RMC Female Athlete of the Year.  Jones, who won a gold medal in individual and a silver medal in team sabre at the OUA Finals this past February while helping lead the women’s fencing team to the OUA championship, was also named Top 4th Year Athlete at RMC.


23480 Phillip Leblanc 2006 recipient of the H.R.H. Prince of Wales Cup.

23480 Phillip Leblanc, 21, from Margaree, Nova Scotia, has been an important contributor to the men’s soccer team over the past four years.  The current team captain has done so while excelling academically and militarily, as well as holding several leadership positions and being involved in several facets of college life.  Leblanc was named recipient of the H.R.H. Prince of Wales Cup for his excellence in all four of these components throughout his college years.


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Tyler McTavish, ’06 Tommy Smart winner  being swarmed by his teammates following his goal against West Point narrowing the score to 3-2 in a game that ended 3-3. 

23503 Tyler McTavish, 22, a fourth year Business Administration student from London, Ontario, and assistant captain with the men’s hockey team, was named recipient of the Tommy Smart Cup as RMC Male Athlete of the Year.  McTavish registered 6 goals and 16 assists in 31 games played in 2005-06, while being a key member of the Paladins’ power play and penalty killing units.  He has also been one of the top face off performers in the OUA throughout his playing career.    

Click here for complete list of winners

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FLASHBACK

Boxing at RMC from the Whig Standard 1970 or 71

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Ex-Cadets In The News!

Captain Kevin Schamuhn (RMC 01)

….” points to big projects completed far to the south. Help will come north when the bombings and ambushes stop”…. 

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/04/01/1515601-cp.html

19221 Jean Marc Mercier (CMR ’94)

Double-barreled mission leaves soldiers guessing 

http://server09.densan.ca/archivenews/060329/cit/060329ad.htm

17451 Paul Dittmann (RRMC ’90)

 is leading the investigation 

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/02/02/pf-1423469.html

18671 Major Peter Jaeggi (Entered CMR ’88)   & 721478 Captain Trevor Judd (RMC ’00)

Flying Special Cargo

http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/8wing/news/releases_e.asp?cat=38&id=1084

1781 Commander Greg Green (RMC ’78) in Italy 

http://www.navy.forces.gc.ca/mspa_news/news_e.asp?x=1&id=173

13134 Dr. Lt Col Bill Lewis (RMC ’81) Visits Borden 

http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/16wing/news/releases_e.asp?cat=64&id=1079

21894 Captain Rebecca Barton (RMC ’01) …“It’s a busy, but rewarding, time for us,”…

http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/17wing/news/releases_e.asp?cat=137&id=1071

9806 LGen Steve Lucas (RMC ’73)

New High Tech CF Aircrew Selection 

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1883

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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Former paratrooper passes away 

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/493594.html

Kuwait honours Canadian soldiers 

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/03/29/pf-1511169.html

PoW pilot who inspired the Great Escape dies at the age of 102 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/28/nfoster28.xml&site=5

…”It strikes me that Prof. Dorn’s nostalgia, and disapproval of present military policy is out of touch with both our military and with reality.”… “a professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College”… 

http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Worthington_Peter/2006/04/02/1515981.html

Flags not lowered for slain soldiers

http://www.canada.com:80/components/print.aspx?id=d0bd8421-53b4-4c67-96e9-e4599ef0d006
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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Où sont-ils?  Que font-ils?

Where are they now?  What are they doing?
De temps à autre, e-Veritas mettra en vedette un Ancien, un membre du personnel d'autrefois et ou un ami du Collège.  Ces articles seront reproduits dans le langage reçu et rarement traduits.  Nous invitons nos lecteurs à soumettre des articles a william.oliver@rmc.ca dans la langue de leur choix. From time to time, E-Veritas will focus on an Ex cadet; former staff member; and / or a friend of the college. Articles will be reproduced in the language received and in most cases not translated.  We invite readers to submit articles to william.oliver@rmc.ca in the language of their choice.
 

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Down Memory Lane
S109 Danny McLeod and 5843 Chuck Vrana (RMC '63)
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Looking Back: Major Danny McLeod First Leader of CIAU (now CIS)


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THE UNIVERSITY CUP following the first championship game, which was played at RMC and won by McMaster University in 1963. This Cup is awarded annually to the CIS Men’s Hockey Champions. The trophy was presented by Queen's University of Kingston and the Royal Military College of Canada - participants in the first organized interuniversity hockey game played in Kingston in 1885 in recognition of the contribution made to the game of hockey by outstanding university players. 

Danny McLeod was the first Secretary of the CIAU (now CIS) and virtually ran the organization
from his RMC office for about eight years. 

Ed Note: Major McLeod designed the University Cup after another Cup called “Stanley”. As an aside, in recognition of his longtime leadership within the CIAU, a trophy was named in honour of Major Danny McLeod. The award is presented annually at the National Championship to the Most Valuable Player of the CIS Hockey Championship Tournament. The Selection Committee is composed of five members of the CIS Coaches Association in attendance at the Championship. 

Click here for list of University Cup Champions, winning Coach & Host site.

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  We get e-mails . . . 

Again, thanks for the time and effort you and his classmates put into honouring Chris. You all did a wonderful job.

Kind Regards,

Philip Moogk

I just want to thank you and Rolande for taking the time and putting all the effort into this publication. 

I noted with some great sadness the passing of Chris Moogk, my old classmate from 58-62.  

5507 Jack Peltier (RMC ’62)

I read your comments form extra innings in the subject newsletter and agree.  Until I decide to take out a membership please remove my address form the mailing list. 

Yours Aye  

17114 Rich Feltham (RMC ’90)

Many thanks for continuing to keep me on your email list. It has worked!!!! Or should I say that “Truth, Duty, Valour” have always been more than words to me…………so with that having been said, I have finally got off my butt and submitted my registration form to the RMC Club of Canada so that I will no longer feel like I am sponging off your kind attention when I receive a copy of e-V. 

 All the best and hope to see you again soon. 

9735 Keith “RADAR” Wilson (RMC ’73)

Let me add my sincere thanks and congratulations for a superbly professional production of e-Veritas.  Although not an attendee of RMC itself, (in my day, Navy execs went to RNC Greenwich for the equivalent of 3rd and 4th years) I really enjoy the content of your publication.  A great job! 

3276 Bill Evans - RRMC52/RMC54

Our daughter is pictured on the "what's happening" page of this week’s news letter... (Sarah Rogers). Your weekly update keeps us in touch with her life at RMC. When I joined the Club, not as an alumnus, but as a parent, I did not expect this to be as interesting and informative as it is....Job well done...!! Thanks for helping us follow our daughter’s life at RMC,

On that note, do I owe you any membership dues...? I think I signed up for 4 or 5 years?

My memory is good but short..:-) 

Best regards, 

Neil and Judy Rogers

Ed note: We are pleased to confirm that the Neil and Judy Rogers are paid up until 31 Oct 2007.  Other parents & friends of RMC are also encouraged to join the Family & Friends Support Program (FFSP).  Information is available at http://www.rmcclub.ca/Membership.htm  

We also appreciate the many Ex Cadets who recently renewed their Club membership and look forward to 17114 and many others to join them soon.

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Extra Innings
 Manches supplémentaires
 


Bill and Rolande

We have reached the point in the year when we will be slowing up with our e-Veritas editions.  We expect to publish next week; miss the following week because of the Easter Weekend and then go at a two for three week pace up until Graduation Weekend.   

We haven’t made up our minds following Graduation but the tennis courts; traveling and grandchildren beckon.

 

E-Veritas ne sera pas publié hebdomadairement au cours des prochains mois.  Nous espérons publier e-Veritas la semaine prochaine mais non la suivante due à la fin de semaine de Pâques.  Par la suite, ce sera deux semaines sur trois jusqu’à la remise des diplômes. 

La fréquence des publications après la graduation est à déterminer; notre regard se tourne vers le terrain de tennis, les voyages ainsi que les petits-enfants!  
 

Trivia Answer: 

b.         Sandhurst; West Point; 2001.

"Many Hands - make the burden light".   « L’aide de plusieurs rend la tâche facile »

S125 Bill & S134 Rolande Oliver

 

The eVERITAS electronic Newsletter reaches over 5,000 readers . It is a service provided by the RMC Club for Members in good standing with current addresses in the data base.  It is designed to provide timely information on current events at RMC and to keep Members "connected".  Occasionally, it will be distributed to non-members to entice them to join or renew their membership.  Membership information is available at www.rmcclub.ca

Newsworthy articles from national or local papers that may not have been available to the majority of our readers may be reproduced in e-VERITAS.  We will also publish articles in either official language as submitted by Cadets and Staff, on "current life" at RMC.  Other short “human interest stories" about Cadets, Ex-Cadets, Alumni and current and former Staff at the College will appear from time-to-time.  Readers of e-VERITAS are encouraged to submit articles in either official language to william.oliver@rmc.ca.  In particular, up-to-date “Where are they now?” articles on Ex-Cadets, Alumni and current and former Staff would be most welcome.

eVERITAS is intended as a supplement and not a replacement of Veritas, the highly popular magazine of the RMC Club printed and distributed three times a year to Members by mail.
 

 

Chaque édition du bulletin électronique e-VERITAS rejoint plus de 5,000 lecteurs.  C’est un service fourni, par le Club des CMR, aux membres dont les adresses sont à jour dans notre base de données.  Son but est de fournir des renseignements à point nommé sur les actualités au CMR et de garder en communication les membres du Club.  Occasionnellement, il sera distribué aux membres qui ne sont plus en règle espérant qu’ils renouvelleront leur carte de membre annuelle ou qu’ils deviendront membres à vie.  Les renseignements sur l’adhésion au Club sont disponibles au www.rmcclub.ca.

Articles d’intérêt national ou local qui ne sont pas disponibles à la majorité de nos lecteurs seront reproduits dans e-VERITAS.  Nous produirons aussi des articles dans l’une des deux langues officielles soumis par les élèves officiers et le personnel du Collège sur la vie actuelle au CMR.  Nous offrirons de temps à autre de courtes anecdotes sur les élèves officiers, les Anciens et les membres du personnel d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. Nous encourageons les lecteurs de e-VERITAS à soumettre des articles dans l’une ou l’autre des deux langues officielles à Rolande.Oliver@rmc.ca.  En particulier des articles récents sur « Où sont-ils présentement? » seraient grandement appréciés.

e-VERITAS est un supplément et NON une substitution pour VERITAS la revue populaire du Club des CMR imprimée et distribuée aux membres en règle, par la poste, trois fois par année.

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