I know about 3 or 4 graduates and a couple whomI have spoken to are livid about some of the stories.that have come out . One of whom thinks the death penalty doesn't go far enough.Interesting comments.
Do you happen to know who the current (and one of the most outspoken for the College to remain open) Presidents of the RMC Alumni Association is?
Ok fine I can buy that in some minor cases where there is a victim to retraumatize, but:
I don’t doubt it, my son also experienced poor conduct there, but not always internal, and definitely not all from the currently-trending white male cause.
Cadets have zero authority at RMC. Anything a Cadet does, including sanctions, requires Staff Approval. If staff screw up and don't do their job or use common sense, that's on them.
There is poor conduct examples at every school, unit etc. There are some people who are toxic but for whatever reason they are rarely reigned in.
The question being when do we start placing people in positions of authority then?
There is case law that you can be ordered to go the mess, so that isn’t always an option. The future of messes is certainly one aspect of our culture that does need to be addressed; for an institution that was widely believed to have been in decline for decades, messes do seem to show up with frequency in court martial transcripts.
In one case, Soldier B will not be grilled, questioned, brought into their previous experiences with being punched, asked what they were wearing when they got punched, asked if they were maybe getting punched consensually, or if they maybe enjoyed getting punched, etc. during cross examination.
If the numbers in a previous post are correct - about 30 per year - it would seem that those that might occur out-of-country will be measured in the ones or twos; but the potential needs to be considered. The time lapse between occurrence and the parachuting in of a civilian investigator might have a negative impact on the victim, particularly if the perpetrator is not in custody. Depending on the nature of the offence, the evidence might include biological samples that one would hope CAF personnel would have the expertise to collect and preserve.
The whole point of going to a military college is to be put in positions of progressively more authority to develop your leadership skills before you lead troops. Maybe the problem is that there needs to be oversight and people who abuse their authority need to be dealt with harshly up to and including release, if warranted.
Crawl, Walk, Run.
