Canadian autonomy from Great Britain; today's goals and objectives are indeed different. Yet the point remains that the college did not get shut down when the mandate changed. This fact reflects its immortality. There are many other military academies in the world; an example of one closest to home is that of the United States Military Academy, WestPoint. RMC and WestPoint have nursed a competitive rivalry since the early years of RMC. While both institutions are in the business of producing commissioned officers for their respective nations, the two academies are very different in terms of character and personality. According to the field of organizational behavior, institutions are said to have personalities just as people do. This is where culture plays a role in each respective military academy and determining the atmosphere of the institution. At both RMC and WestPoint there are differing notions of acceptable behavior. The first years at WestPoint are treated very differently than they are at RMC. The USMA 4th classman, also known around the campus as "pleebe" is kept distant from the upper years at WestPoint. While RMC has taken a very different stance, whereby first year cadets are treated as full fledge members of the Cadet Wing. The character of the two institutions differs even at higher levels. At WestPoint tradition is not compromised even at the risk of violating the morals of current day society. A blind eye is not as easily turned at RMC. Clearly the two examples lead one to reason that firstly RMC is an institution and secondly that RMC is distinct in character from other similar institutions.This brings this discussion to identifying the characteristics of RMC's culture and potentially subcultures. To further clarify what psychologists generally view culture to be, one may look to A.F.C. Wallace. Culture is an entire learned way of life. (Wallace 419) He further claims that culture satisfies the conditi...
