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It happened. I don't know that we are any further ahead... I'm surprised nothing has been posted as max sharing was encouraged. Consensus was reached on some things: ACISS Core is a sub-occ. It should be called ACISS-Operator. The parent occupation is simply ACISS and the mosid should be...

I got a copy of the D/RCCS slide deck that he's been using for the Town Hall presentations. What exactly is the argument he is making about the ACISS structure not being stovepipes or independant sub-occupations? The slide deck says that "upon implementation many viewed the new occupation this...

I was always fine with the MKIII boot, and once my knees started disintegrating and I was given a vibram sole chit things were even  better. Then I tried to get my boots resoled and was denied, and pushed over to the GP boot (black one like the WWB) which didn't feel right, the same way the WWB...

It would be a greater than $5 million project so therefore would be on the Capability Investment Database... It wouldn't be out of line for something like this to happen but come on. How much do we need to continue wasting on this problem? Canada doesn't have a viable footwear industry. Get...

Definitely not being sarcastic. We need to redefine what we expect a Signaller to be able to do as a DP1, and they should all be able to do the same things to a basic level. Operate a radio. Troubleshoot a computer or printer in a TOC. Erect a mast. Load crypto. After that - it becomes too...

How about a common DP1 so everyone wearing a Signals capbadge is able to at least operate/troubleshoot tactical radios, understand the fundamentals of TCP/IP networking and be able to provide 1st level IT helpdesk support. From my experience, the Infantry Capt/MWO doesn't care what sub-occ you...

c_canuk is correct. We haven't made divisions based on intelligence at all, we've just given the people that were already doing the 'IST' job a career path. Back in the day we in the IS jobs were constantly threatened with moves to the RRB or into some other non-IT job. It typically didn't...

Interesting. You are correct, knowledge of TCP/IP and some networking will be required by the ACISS core (the entire ACISS occupation really), much sooner than 5 - 10 years. They will also have to pick us some system management skills because they will likely be responsible for managing the...

I'm told its being worked on now, and it is modularized into different focused areas: dismounted, mounted etc. So there shouldn't be an increase unless the soldier takes all of the modules.

The ATCIS course will be changed to cover the new equipment. It won't have an immediate impact but anyone taking the new course will be current on the latest LCSS gear.

This is where you need to find your Tech Adjutant or Master Gunner, if they exist in your unit and push the UCR through them. Any of the recent Tech Staff/ATWO graduates will have a pretty solid grasp on how to document and report equipment failures, including using the UCR process.

The DP1.1 ISS course is basically CCNA Routing and Switching with some modifications, additions and deletions. The DP2.1 IST course covers servers and advanced networking. The DP3b.1 covers design and systems management. Overall the training is quite good and maps roughly to Cisco's...

Part of the problem is that the statement of requirement for a given item of kit is written in a way that constrains industry. For example the LOTB SOR goes into details about boot construction, sole attachment, height, heel counters etc. This means that DLR wrote an SOR that is so restrictive...

On the DWAN, go to the Capabilities Investment Database (CID) and you can see all of the current projects. The new LOTB SOR is there... the project is going back for the 3rd (or 4th?) attempt.

No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying that thanks to RMC's PSP staff, we are all allowed to have access to some pretty nice equipment that we wouldn't otherwise have access to, because the base gym wouldn't spend the money on it. A few years back RMC was locking it all up but they made a...

I'm not too sure about obsolescence for IST, right now there is a lot of dependence on FSRs and other contractors to keep things running - these jobs could and should be done by mil pers but your average ACISS core soldier is not qualified to do the task, and quite honestly there is enough to...

All of the combat fitness corner equipment: the prowler, the platforms, squat racks, the climbing ropes, the kettlebells... it all belongs to RMC PE.

The equipment selection often is driven by the personalities of the PSP fitness instructors and the FS&R Manager. If the FS&R manager is old school you're going to see treadmills and nautilus. If they are more modern or open to new ideas then you will get prowlers, rings, lifting platforms and...

I've read the original SOR from 2002, the update in 08 and the update in 2010. They were crap, the CF was telling the boot industry how to do their business. The new one that is on Merx now is written differently, it is less definitive and leaves room for the manufacturers to show their...

Thanks for the info.