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I'm sure everyone's already heard now that we're waiting apparently until at LEAST July for an answer about Spec pay. I'm going to hazard a guess (that's all it is) that we won't hear a peep until Sept-Oct and then it will be something to the tune that it's now just in front of the treasury...

Thanks very much folks, that's the best info we've received thus far! 38 buildings, that's rediculous...

Hey folks, a buddy of mine is posted to 764 Comm Grp in Ottawa and he wants to buy a house but no one here (1 Sigs, Edmonton) has a clue where the unit actually is, Hull? Gatineau? Where should this guy try and buy a place to live? If it's classified then PM me for high side contact info...

So having finally had a bit of time with some of these new ACISS 'trained' personnel... ACISS 1.0 FNG: "So, I signed up as an LCIS tech..." - 3/4 of the one's we got were 'suppose' to originally be LCIS... Me: "What did they teach you in CFSCE/what are you qualified on?" FNG: "I can setup a...

You USED to need a high score, it used to be higher for Sig Op than even LCIS and they said that was a mistake... Surprise!!! But now it's been re-adjusted to reflect the requirements properly. I doubt it's harder to get into ACISS than it is to be a Steward or Cook (lol)... Kidding aside, they...

So it appears not much else has come out on this issue other than... Your now a ACISS-whatever... Except, I was told by the career manager himself that he has the power to post us in any ACISS position. So, even though I'm an IST, they COULD, per needs of the army etc... Post me into a ACISS...

Highly improbable that the IST trade will ever go away now. The amalgamation might disappear over time, but I think the IST trade is here to stay. It was only a matter of time before the army finally had a recognized IT trade. The Brits, Aussies and Americans, Germans, any modern military has...

I think the only people trying to claw they're way out of IST are the people whom thought they could jump on the 'gravy' boat that would be getting Spec pay (I don't think anyone will be myself) and now that they realize it hasn't materialized, they want they're 'old' job back. Whatever the...

I was wondering if there was a 'Sig' school up there or not. If there's only 2Jr NCM's I'm guessing it's mostly training at the officer level for comms training etc... How to write CEOI's/comms plans. Do the Afghani's have a strategic or tactical computerized C2 system yet? I'm wondering if...

Another update, checked the ACISS COTS website today, shows now that I have been given the green thumbs up to being listed as an IST. Everyone in my section who put in for IST received the stamp! I cannot click on myself anymore and see what equivalency level I've been placed or what training...

Hello Danke, you should also consider what path you would 'like' to take during your Signals career... Do you want to stay ACISS or are in interested in becoming a tech? Or do you like the idea of splicing cables and running wires and climbing poles? ... What you should be interested in learning...

PuckChaser is right, but to clarify and specify, everyone is getting punted into the common DP1, the 'ACISS' course, then you'll be shoved off to a unit and put into the LCIS section/shop. You're already branded cattle where new people joining are NOT. Don't worry too much, enjoy your SQ, I had...

So... Did you end up getting on tour or what? And if so, what did you end up doing? Gotta finish the story!

Ah, interesting. Thanks for the info! So it appears that the site will still be updated but I'm going to say that the response from them basically says the website is on the backburner and they're doing the real meat and bones work behind the scenes. UPDATE: I just so happened to check my...

For domestic / static networks that has been the case for the last few years that yes, they've been moving all those capabilities to the civvies, but with the cutbacks the military is looking at doing and trimming the 'civilian' contractor fat we have, I'm wondering if it's going to get axed...

Setup an 'alert' for yourself on that site so that it emails you the moment anything is actually changed. That's how I seen that info your talking about on myself before it was axed... Strange though why they would go through all the work of putting it in and then deleting it. Who knows, maybe...

Ha, most of the 'radio' Sig Op types I know wouldn't know what to do with a computer except try and hit someone with it. Interchangeable? ... More like laughable. Sure the radios might end up using IP's, but an IST that does not make, even remotely! Can they build a server? Can they program a...

Yeah... That's the idea, pushed through to units for OJT, by the time they get to THIS course, as I understand it, they should be heading down the road or picked to be an IST. If this is the introductory course for IST, it should be somewhat more than, "This is a micro-computer, invented in...

The only light I can shed is from my own personal experience, working in LCIS shops alongside them on occasion, or in the field or deployed etc... I work with them and along side LCIS a lot. They do everything from comms equipment verification and function tests in vehicles, repairing radios &...

Howdy ATIS folks! I'm currently a Sig Op but labelled as a new 'IST'... I'm curious about the idea of OT'ing to your trade. I'm wondering if it would end up being worth it or not, as in, is the grass actually greener on the other side or not? Spec pay obviously is nice, but money isn't...