What Ever Happened To ?

  8030 Doug Edmondson 1969 Review I read a few Class of 69 biographies and my eyes glazed over as I read what jobs were held and what recognition was given. So I thought to take a different approach. After RMC I worked at in Ottawa at headquarters in a section devoted to logistics research: one study was on delivery time in hours from supply depots to units, another was in just in time food delivery to Bases so that Messes would not have to maintain as much food storage. Then when I was posted to the RCR as logistics officer with prospects of NATO winter exercises in Norway, I decided hell no, too much snow, and resigned in May 73, and attended Ottawa Teachers College and became an elementary school teacher. I still smile to myself when I think of a parent teacher interview I had in November with a dad who told me his grade 6 son Danny had heard before he started at the new school that I was “a real prick”. But by the time of first term interviews, Danny had reported back to his ...

  8094 Ken Bindernagel 1969 Review   Jun 1969 - After graduation, I remained at the college for a few weeks to finalize some issues with the yearbook. I then went on contact training for 6 months with 1RCHA in Germany. I believe that I was the first person to show up at the unit in the new CF Green uniform. Jan 1970 - I returned to Canada, completed phase training and was posted to CFSCEE Kingston in A Company as an Instructor for Officer Training. 1971 - posted followed to 2 RCHA in Petawawa as the Regimental Signals Officer 1974 – Posted to Directorate of Scientific and Technical Intelligence.   During this posting, I was also assigned to the 1976 Montreal Olympics as a Communications Officer responsible for the Protocol Division, the two airports and other venues.   1977 – Posted to CFRC Hamilton as a Military Career Counsellor.   Some highlights of this posting included recruiting the first fema...

  8061 JR (Bob) Morton 1969 Review        Shortly after leaving the College the best thing that ever happened to me occurred on 2 Aug 1969, the day that I married Barbara. Through the past 55 years our family has grown with 3 children, Corby 1971, Matthew  1975 and Ashley 1977 followed by 4 grandchildren Robby, Julie, Molly and Lyla however with a heartbreaking loss of Robby in 2018. It has been a very interesting journey since that day in CFB Borden, moving to different locations 11 times and living in at least 16 different homes. Much love, respect and thanks to Barbara for raising 3 wonderful children through all of that turmoil however great memories. Where Have You Been and What Did You Do My career covered 17 years in the RCAF at 6 locations followed by 24 years in the military related industry working for 3 different companies. Following my retirement in 2011, we moved to our present location in London, Ontario. Following herewith is a short summar...

  7654 Mitch Ewan   1969   Review     Naval Career ·          1969 – 1970: US Navy Submarine School New London Conn.   Basic Submarine Course.   Attended with RMC class of 69 Classmates Sid Larsen and Mark Hannington. ·          1970 to 1972: Served in my first submarine HMCS Okanagan.   Qualified as a submariner and earned my dolphins.   Served in a variety of roles including operations officer. ·          1972 1975:   Attended Royal Navy Submarine School and qualified as a submarine marine engineering officer (MEO).   Served on exchange as the MEO of the Royal Navy submarines HMS Porpoise and HMS Onyx. ·          1976 – 1977: Served as Executive Officer (2 nd in command) of HMCS Okanagan ·          1978: Complete...

  7761 MM Johnson May ’69 … posted to 1 QOR of C (Pl Comd) in Victoria, BC … road trip in ’65 Austin Healey 3000… married Julie Forrest on 12 July ’69 … eight (8) classmates attending … first apartment $125/month … winter exercise on Alaskan Highway... 8102 Bill Card flying F5 did Maverick Top Gun flyby on Ft St. John Tower… punishment followed (more later) … spring ‘70 Sigs course in Kingston …missed birth of daughter Tracey, 20 April 70 (not a popular move) … farewell Austin Healey sports car… hello Mazda family sedan. June ’70… posted to 1 Sigs Sqn Calgary (Tp Comd) …another apartment… Wainright field exercises … April ’71 … road trip to Kingston with one-year old Tracey…sub-let Queen’s student apartment … Instructor on summer training courses May - July … took up golf …road trip Kingston back to Calgary via Victoria …Calgary first PMQ … Bill Card reappeared … now flying the Bde Comd’s Cessna (punishment note above) … arctic survival training Ex New Viking (two frightening polar...

    8014   BRIAN BARRIE 1969 Review   Brian Barrie lives on Lake Huron, his horizon encircled by fishing islands until backlit by the Red Bay sunsets - a gathering place for a vibrant family life. He graduated from the Royal Military College in 1969 and, while serving in Gagetown, obtained a Master’s degree in English from the University of New Brunswick, specializing in Canadian literature, before pursuing his law degree from  Queen's University In Kingston, graduating in 1976. He knew that there was little room for him to serve in the military when his ambitions to be a “grunt” were derailed from a football injury - forcing a re-muster to medical administration and a First Field Ambulance posting that proved that the storyline in M.A.S.H. was understated.                      The call of Lake Huron and the unfailing support of his young wife, Helen, afforded him the choice to establish a trial practice i...

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