LES ÉLOFS DE L’ESCADRON RICHELIEU
«ENVAHISSENT » SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU 
 (écrit par l’Élève officier Émilie Létourneau)

OCdt Joshua Reid and Élof Marc-André Lussier hand out glow sticks

RICHELIEU SQUADRON OFFICER CADETS « INVADE » SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU

  Élof Marc-André Lussier distributes glow sticks

Les arrondissements de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu et d’Iberville au Québec ont été « envahis » par les élèves officiers de l’Escadron Richelieu, l’Année préparatoire du Collège militaire royal du Canada, lors du soir de l’Halloween. 

En effet, près de 90 élèves officiers et même quelques professeurs de l’Année préparatoire ont remis 2 000 colliers lumineux aux jeunes enfants déguisés pour une meilleure visibilité et, en partenariat avec le Service des incendies, le Service de Police de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu et Postes Canada, ont participé à la surveillance dans les rues des divers secteurs achalandés de la ville en vue d’assurer leur sécurité. Heureusement, la pluie a fait place à un temps doux pour les petits monstres. 

Tout au long de la soirée, les participants de cette activité unique ont pu entendre de très bons commentaires de la part des enfants du coin, mais surtout de la part des parents. Plusieurs on même chaleureusement remercié les élèves officiers pour leur participation active auprès de la communauté.

Ainsi les élèves officiers de la promotion de 2011 a perpétué la tradition du Collège militaire royal qui veut que chaque promotion participe à une activité annuelle afin de maintenir d’étroites relations avec la communauté et de perfectionner leurs compétences en gestion et leadership.  

« Dès qu’on a mis le pied hors de l’autobus, les enfants nous ont vite rejoint. On a ensuite marché à travers le quartier et en moins d’une heure, je dirait même, une demi-heure, tout nos colliers avaient disparu!» a souligné l’élève officier Irina Jakhovets. 

Tout ceci nous prouve qu’on n’est jamais trop vieux pour passer l’Halloween, car, avec un peu de bonté, on retrouve vite notre cœur d’enfant!

The neighbourhoods of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Iberville, Québec, were “invaded” on Hallowe’en night by the officer cadets of Richelieu Squadron, the Preparatory Year of the Royal Military College. 

Close to 90 officer cadets and even a few of their professors handed out 2,000 luminous necklaces to improve the visibility of the young trick-or-treaters during Hallowe’en.  In partnership with the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Police and Fire Services as well as Canada Post, the members of Richelieu Squadron also maintained a presence in the busiest neighbourhoods to help keep an eye on the all the little goblins and superheroes.  Throughout the evening many positive comments were heard from the children, and in particular from their parents.  Several of them extended warm thanks to the officer cadets for their active involvement in their community.  

This activity represented the Class of 2011 Project, a longstanding tradition in which cadets from each class of the Royal Military College undertake a project to develop stronger ties with their community and improve their own organizational and leadership skills.  Naval Cadet Christine Larocque added, «Parents were happy to see us distributing glow-sticks for their children’s safety, and it was fun at the same time. » 

All this goes to show that when we make a kind gesture, we are never too old to trick or treat!
 

The CISM Swimming and Lifesaving Team have been busy since the 2003 World Military Games in Catania, Italy, training and competing at numerous National and International events.  With two major CISM events scheduled for 2007 (CISM Lifesaving Championships in June and the 4^th Military World Games in October), the team is training hard in preparation for what proves to be one of their most exciting years ever. 

In recent years, RMC Cadets and Ex-Cadets have played a vital part in the team’s success and medal winnings.  Despite cuts to the Varsity Program in 2001 that resulted in the termination of the RMC CIS Swim Team, increasing and continued support from the College has prevented the pool of talented and dedicated RMC swimmers and lifesavers from drying up. 

In September 2004, the CISM Lifesaving Team competed at the World Lifesaving Championships in Viareggio, Italy.  The team was led by Capts 21883 Karla Swift (nee Alexander) (RMC ’01)  and 22021 Martin Launiere (RMC 01) who were both instrumental in the team’s gold medal performance in the SERC (Simulated Emergency Response Competition) event.  Other Cadets and Ex-Cadets that were members of the 2004 team included: 21532 Maj Garth Sindrey (RMC ’99), 21430 Lt(N) Heather Galbraith (nee Beynon) (RMC ’99), 23067 Lt Lianne Anderson (nee Clark) (RMC ’05), 23427 ASlt Amanda Bruni (RMC’06), and 23677 NCdt Teri Share (’07). 

The team continued to build on the strong lifesaving performance by focusing on the World Lifesaving Championships held in February 2006 in Geelong, Australia.  RMC Cadets and Ex-Cadets on this team were Maj Garth Sindrey, Capts Karla Swift, Martin Launiere, and 22214 Nils French (RMC ’02), Lts 22933 Kirri Lean (RMC ’04) and 22807 Michelle Whitty (RMC ’04), ASlt Amanda Bruni, NCdt Teri Share, and 23983 OCdt Stephanie Bigelow (RMC ’08) .  In recognition of exceptional performance and achievements in the sport of Lifesaving, Capt Martin Launiere and NCdt Teri Share were both asked to be members of the Canadian National Lifesaving Team. 
 

Women’s Team (6 of 7 Cadets or Ex-Cadets)  

Men’s Team (2 Ex-Cadets) – Australia 2006) 

On completion of lifesaving in Australia, the team shifted gears back to swimming to prepare for the 41^st World Military Swimming Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria in August 2006.  Competing against a world-class field of swimmers that included current, past, and future Olympians, the CISM Swimming Team met the challenge admirably with two podium finishes.  OCdt Stephanie Bigelow won a silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley and ASlt Amanda Bruni earned a bronze medal in the 200m Breaststroke.  Other ex-cadets participating in the event were Maj Garth Sindrey and Lt Kirri Lean.  Even 10973 Col John McManus (RMC ’76), Chief of the Mission for the Canadian Team, got in on the action and swam a blistering leadoff leg for the ‘Coaches and Support Staff’ Relay for Canada. 

ASlt Amanda Bruni receiving Bronze medal for 200m Breaststroke 

OCdt Stephanie Bigelow on the podium after receiving Silver medal for 200m Individual Medley 

Col John McManus and OCdt Stephanie Bigelow

(please click on pictures for larger view)

I have recently returned from a one week fact finding/familiarization visit in Kandahar and Kabul, at the invitation of the Chief of Defence Staff, and as a representative of the Conference of Defence Associations (CDA).  I came away with a feeling of immense pride in the men and women of the CF, both regular and reserve forces. They are doing an outstanding job in trying to stabilize and rebuild a country devastated by 25 years of warfare, they have a sense of purpose, they believe in the mission and have confidence in their leaders and equipment. They are the best this nation can offer and they have paid a high price.

I believe the NATO forces in the southern provinces are pointing in the right direction as far as the provision of security is concerned. The big problem in Kandahar and the southern provinces is that there are not enough NATO boots on the ground.  In my view, at least two more strong battle groups are required in Kandahar and Helmand provinces.   

The next six to twelve months will be crucial for the NATO Afghan mission particularly in the southern provinces but also in Kabul. Time is of the essence and the Allies need to do more. The NATO summit in Latvia will address the matter, hopefully NATO allies will answer the call.    

We draw to your attention an op/ed piece by 3528 General (ret’d) Paul Manson RRMC / RMC ’56), President of the CDA Institute,entitled “NDP Attack on Afghan Mission lacks Credibility”, published in the latest issue of Frontline, in which he examines the NDP stance on Afghanistan. 

The article can be accessed through the following link: 

http://www.frontline-global.com/Manson_2006.pdf 

We at the CDA strongly support Canada’s efforts in Afghanistan, and honour those men and women, soldiers and diplomats, who have given their lives for our country.   

We remember, too, the sacrifices made by Canadians serving this great nation throughout the 20^th and into the 21^st centuries, and the CDA will honour them on November 11. 

At the going down of the sun
And in the morning,
We will remember them.   

6349 Alain Pellerin (CMR / RMC ’65)
CDA, Executive Director

Follow the links for results and individual stats.

S155 Doctor Willard S Boyle (born August 19, 1924) is a Canadian physicist and co-inventor
of the Charge-coupled device.  

Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Boyle served in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Canadian Navy
during World War II but did not see active service. He gained a BSc (1947), MSc (1948) and PhD
(1950) from McGill University. 

After receiving his doctorate Boyle spent one year at Canada's Radiation Lab and two years
teaching physics at the Royal Military College of Canada. In 1953 Boyle joined Bell Labs where
he invented the first continuously operating ruby laser with Don Nelson in 1962, and was named
on the first patent for a semiconductor injection laser. He was made director of Space Science and Exploratory Studies at the Bell labs subsidiary Bellcomm in 1962, providing support for the Apollo space program and helping to select lunar landing sites.

He returned to Bell Labs in 1964, working on the development of integrated circuits. 

In 1969, Boyle and George E. Smith invented the Charge-coupled device (CCD), for which they have been joint recipients of the Franklin Institute’s Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1973, the IEEE’s 1974 Morris Liebmann Award, and the 2006 Charles Stark Draper Prize. 

Boyle was Executive Director of Research for Bell Labs from 1975 to his retirement in 1979, when he moved back to
Nova Scotia and served on the research council of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research and the Science Council of the Province of Nova Scotia. 

Doctor Boyle suggests, "Know how to judge when to persevere and when to quit. If you're going to do something,
do it well. You don't have to be better than everyone else, but you ought to do your personal best."  

http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=129

3201 Austen (Aus) Cambon (RMC ’54).  Following a career in business and international consulting, Aus has, for the
past decade, been teaching Business programs in Canada, USA, China, and the Middle East.  He is currently teaching
in the Faculty of Business at the University of Guelph-Humber and in the Business School at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, both in Toronto.

3462 Chris Smith (RRMC ‘53)…A very deserving member of the Order of the Soggy Goggles. 

Follow the links for more:  

http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/swimmers/swims09.htm 

http://www.mymsc.ca/Features/200611/President.jsp 

http://www.mymsc.ca/Features/200610/ChrisSmith.jsp

5216 Doctor David D. Springate (RMC 1961)
School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas 75083, (972) 883-2647, spring8@utdallas.edu  

Springate holds a Doctor of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1972; a M.B.A., University of Western Ontario,
1967; B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta, 1962 and a B.Sc., Engineering, Royal Military College of
Canada, 1961. Since 1991, he has been at the The University Of Texas at Dallas, currently serving as Associate Dean
for Executive Education in School of Management. From 1962 – 1965, Springate was a Captain in the Royal Canadian
Air Force, serving as an Engineering officer evaluating airborne electronics and weapons systems.   

Current Research 

"The Financial Executive's Role: Toward Corporate Competitiveness", (with R. Miller). 

Current Cases in Draft:

"Civil Tiltrotor Aircraft". Case dealing with civil version of Osprey Aircraft (with R. Young).  

"Analysis of Fungizone". New teaching case involving Squibb U.S.

Pharmaceutical Group (with K. Pickering).

5300 Captain (N) (Retired) Robert H Thomas OMM,CD (RRMC RMC ‘62)

Robert H. Thomas, Research Fellow, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4H6, Canada, Phone: (902) 494-3769, Fax: (902) 494-3825 thomasrh@sympatico.ca http://centreforforeignpolicystudies.dal.ca/pdf/rhthomas_cv.pdf 

He had a successful career of commissioned service in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces, the last six in
the rank of Captain(N). He has twenty years experience in strategic, national and maritime security analysis and fifteen years of consulting experience on maritime operations and senior officer professional development. He conducted
in-depth analyses of Senior Officer and General Officer professional development requirements for the Department of National Defence. Analysed distance learning and management programmes for the Royal Military College from 1996 – 2003. He served as the Director of Cadets (1983 -1986) and Director of Administration (1981 - 1983) at Royal Military College of Canada - Kingston. He holds a MA (War Studies) 1983 and a BA (History) 1962 from the Royal Military
College of Canada. His Master's thesis topic: The Defence of Trade in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 1939-45. He is a
member of the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies.

8439 Doctor Sunny M Marche (RMC ’70) 

Marche, S., BA (Royal Military College), MEd (Alberta), PhD (London School of Economics). 
Since 1999, Marsh has been an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems 
School of Business Administration Dalhousie University Halifax, NS Canada, B3H 3J5 
Tel: (902) 494-1813 Fax: (902) 494-1107 sunny.marche@dal.ca  
http://myweb.dal.ca/smmarche/

Sunny completed a Ph. D. from the London School of Economics, where he developed 
tools to measure data model stability.  He has a Diploma in Education and a Master of 
Education (Industrial Vocational) from the University of Alberta.  He is also a graduate of 
the Royal Military College of Canada with a degree in Economics.  Sunny is a  certified 
management consultant (CMC), with 25 years of consulting experience in a wide variety of areas, and is currently 
an Associate Professor, MIS at Dalhousie University.

He is a certified management consultant with over 20 years experience. His areas of research interest are 

the knowledge management practices of large organizations particularly in the health professions and 

governments, and the relationship of language to the design and use of information technologies. Knowledge 

management and language use, especially in relation to database design and use, are closely inter-related 

through management sense-making. 
 

Works in Progress:

Cascading the Value Proposition Throughout the Organization:  the Rationale; 
Moda Futura:  Family Business Meets Venture Capital. 

Mapping Global Estimates of Faculty Time against the Daily Record; 

Meta-analysis: the Impact of Information Systems on Patient Outcomes. 
The Economics of the Registry Agents’ Business in 

Alberta:  A Privatization Case Study.

7654 Commander (Retired) James "Mitch" Ewan CD (RMC ‘69)

ewan@hawaii.edu

James Ewan has been employed as a Hydrogen Systems Prog. Mgr., Hawaii Natural 
Energy Institute, School of Ocean And Earth Science And Technology at the University of 
Hawaii at Manoa since 2002. 

He holds a B.S. Applied Science from the Royal Military College of Canada and a PSC
from the Royal Navy Staff College Greenwich, London, UK. He served as a Destroyer Commanding Officer, a submarine Commanding Officer
and a Navy Diving Officer with the Royal Canadian Navy. He also published U.S. Patent #5,346,778 for the Clean Energy Transportation System. 

12587 Lieutenant-Colonel William W.R. Moore  (RMC ’80) 

Lieutenant-Colonel William W.R. Moore is now the BCEO for CFB Esquimalt and Joint Engineer, Joint Task Force (Pacific). moore.wr3@forces.gc.ca

14037 Dr. Scott GS Knight  (RMC ‘83)

The 2006 International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2006)was held at the Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham Conference Centre, Markham, Ontario, Canada on October 30 - November 1, 2006.

The theme of the conference, which was hosted by the University of Ontario Institute 
of Technology (UOIT), was Bridging the Gap between PST Technologies and Business 
Services.  http://www.businessandit.uoit.ca/pst2006/

The program featured research papers with a wide range of topics, focusing on different 
aspects of electronic services and PST technologies. The Workshop Chair was 14037 
Scott GS Knight CD (RMC ‘83)  knight-s@rmc.ca  

16901 Major Klaus KB Schneider (RMC 1989) Schneider.KAM@forces.gc.ca

Major Klaus Schneider, CD, Canadian Forces Support Training Group Military Police Provost Marshal, CFB Borden. In May 1989 he graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada with a Honours BA in Military and Strategic Studies.

17435 Doctor Michael MJ Brydon  (RRMC ’90)

Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University,  

Burnaby Phone: 604-291-5408 Surrey Phone: 778-782-8042 (28042) 

Burnaby Office: WMC 3325 Surrey Office: Surrey 15-210 

Email Address: mjbrydon@sfu.ca 

Doctor Michael MJ Brydon was a lecturer/technical Officer in the Department of Engineering Management, 

Royal Military College of Canada (1991 - 1993) where he taught Computer Integrated Manufacturing and 

Automated Systems. He also worked as a Database Analyst/Programmer, Royal Military College of 

Canada (1990 - 1991).  Doctor Michael MJ Brydon has been employed since 2000 as an Assistant Professor, 

Business Administration (Management Information Systems), Simon Fraser University. Brydon holds a Ph.D. 

(UBC) and a M.Eng., B. Eng. (Royal Military College of Canada). 

17873 Mr. Craig CA Luker (RMC 1991)

Mr. Craig Alan Luker, P. Eng has been a practicing accident reconstruction engineer 

with Forensic Dynamics Inc (FDI) since January 1995. In 2005 Mr. Luker (partner) started 

the Seattle office of FDI. He has been registered as a Professional Engineer in both BC 

and Alberta. He worked as an Armament Systems Engineer at the Department of 

National Defence (Cold Lake, Alberta) from 1992 - 1993.

info@forensicdynamics.com 
http://www.forensicdynamics.com/luker.php

Lieutenant Commander (retired) J. William Cupp was an Assistant Professor at RMC, Kingston, 

from July 1993 - December 1996. He taught Third and Fourth year students courses in Electrical and 

Computer Engineering. Since retiring as Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy in 1997, he has been an Associate 

Professor in the Computer and Information Sciences Department of Indiana Wesleyan University in 

Marion, Indiana.  

He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and a Master of Science - Computer Science from Nova Southeastern 

University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and a Bachelor of Science from Florida Southern College in Lakeland, 

Florida.

cupp@computer.org

G1398 Doctor Sarah Jane Meharg (RMC 1999) M.A. (War Studies) Doctor Sarah Jane Meharg has been an 

Assistant Professor, Department of Political and Economical Science at the Royal Military College of 

Canada, Kingston Ontario since 2004 Sarah.Meharg@rmc.ca. She has also been a Senior Researcher, 

Department of Research and Program Development, Pearson Peacekeeping Centre since 2003. She has been 

on the Board of Directors, Peaceful Schools International since 2004. 

Jean-Francois Lamarche, who was an instructor at RMC in 1998 and 1999, currently teaches in the 

Department of Economics at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Jean-Francois Lamarche holds a 

PHD in Economics from Queen's University, a MA from the University of Victoria, and a B Sc in economics 

from the University of Montreal. He is a member of the American Economic Association, the Canadian 

Economics Association, and the Econometric Society.  jfl@brocku.ca

Scot Robertson, a former associate professor in the department of politics and economics and associate 

chair of war studies at RMC [2002-2004], is currently employed as an associate professor in the 

department of history at the University of Alberta. From 1988-2002 he worked as a defence scientist with the 

Department of National Defence. He holds a PHD in military history from the University of New Brunswick, 

a Masters of Arts in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario, a Bachelor of Arts (honours) in 

Political Science from Queen's University and a Military Operations and Research Certificate from the Royal 

Military College of Science in Shrivensham. His research interests include airpower and aerospace 

power strategic studies and international relations modern military & aerospace theory military innovation and 

doctrinal development (the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA)) military education and professional development 

technology and military development. 

scot.robertson@ualberta.ca