bob arriving for his first day at rmc in august of 1975, with standard issue civilian clothing for the time - shirt with wide lapels; plaid pants with wide bottoms; platform shoes and requiste long hair.
at the infamous recruit obstacle race, with 5 sqn recruit mates - back row - jeff shannon; john mackley; jim kightly; jeff switzer; doug mclean; nick garito; bob; and mike diebel. middle row: al lounsbury and wayne murray. front row: dave pullan and gary banks
bob on his aere summer course - back row - second from the right
bob’s 1979 yearbook write-up, penned by good friend and 5 sqn recruit mate doug mclean who sadly passed away before him in october 2021.
Bob was a wonderful writer, always funny but typically with his trademark dry wit. Links on this website to a couple of great anecdotes he wrote about his time at RMC are included below:
bob at the 10th year reunion in 1989 sitting in the back row, far left with dale godwin and 5 sqn recruit mate and good friend doug mclean
bob in the second row, second from the left at the 30th reunion in 2009
bob and christine at the 40th reunion in 2019, relaxing on the patio at the back of the ssm
bob at the old brigade reunion in 2024 accepting a donation pin from Bryn weadon on behalf of the RMC AA
bob and christine at the meet and greet during the old brigade reunion
bob at the old brigade class golf tournament along with brian graystone, his younger brother kevin, 5 sqn recruit bud john mackley, and scott allward
claiming some well earned hardware, ie, monogramed golf balls from larry richardson after a great day of golfing