Sigs.Exercise.....

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Saw this and thought I would post it FYI.....

Signal soldiers throughout the Montreal region
VALCARTIER GARRISON, June 9 /CNW Telbec/ - From June 12 to 16, about 130
soldiers from the Headquarters and Signal Squadron (HQ & Sig Sqn) will take
part in a radiocommunication exercise in the municipalities of Blainville,
Dorval, Laval, Longueuil, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Sainte-Catherine and
Varennes, as well as the Montreal Island.
Equipped with some 50 vehicles, soldiers will set up their mobile signals
system in the concerned agglomerations in order to establish, quickly and
efficiently, a signals network in an urban area. Weapons or munitions will not
be used.
Half way through the exercise, troops of the HQ & Sig Sqn will greet the
public at 1, place du Souvenir in Laval, at the junction of Daniel-Johnson and
du Souvenir Boulevards (facing the Saint-Martin Flea Market), on June 14 from
5 PM to 7 PM.

The role of the signals troops of the HQ & Sig Sqn, a unit from the
5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Valcartier (Qc), is to ensure the
transmission of data between the commanders and the soldiers in combat.

Note: A media opportunity will be held on the Montreal Garrison (formerly
Longue Pointe Garrison), at the junction of Langelier Boulevard and
Hochelaga Street, on June 13, from 1 PM to 4 PM. Interested media are
invited to indicate their presence to Captain André Berdais at
(514) 252-2777, ext 4278.



For further information: Captain Eric Chamberland, Public Affairs
Officer 5 CMBG, (418) 844-5000, ext 4688, Pager: (418) 260-3082, www.5gbmc.ca

[John McGillivray]

A large part of the training in Artillery units was made up of this type of exercises. My unit 2Fd, was in the same armoury as RCH on the slopes of Mount Royal. We would often conduct command post exercises in Mount Royal Park.

In the Artillery there is a trade called the “Driver Sig”. These are the guys who drive the Command posts and the OP parties; and they would also be operating the radios at the same time. They do it this way because the different call signs must be on net even during moves in case there is a need for a quick action. When reservists were first send on UN missions in the Middle East, I think that Artillery Driver Sigs were much in demand. They were the only trade in my unit that got to deploy on these missions. One of the Canadians killed in Afghanistan on the 22nd of April this year, was a reservist from 15th Fd in BC by the name of Bombardier Myles Mansell. Most likely he would have been a Driver Sig.

The strangest deployment of 2Fd’s CP’S and sigs was when the LPGA was played in Montreal. They provided all of the coms for the LPGA officials and the media.

[sapper740]

My apologies in advance to any Sigs types out there reading this thread...We all know the importance of clear, accurate, and concise communications, but every now and then a little fun during training is allowed, n'est-ce pas?
One of the things we had to practice on exercise was use of the PRC 77 set, the phonetic alphabet, and radio procedures. For some reason they chose to teach us this after our evening meal and after our two alloted beers. Well, it was supposed to be only two beers, per man, per day but some of us befriended the Mess Clerk and received the beers not taken by the tea totallers in our unit. And all this after a very long 14 hour day setting up the MAGs on the runway. Anyway, We sat down with a Sigs corporal and proceeded with the lesson. First off, the phonetic alphabet. We were to repeat a series of call signs back to the cpl., but our Sgt. Major., an old F.E. from way back and not the brightest lure in the tackle box had a problem with alliteration.
"O.K., repeat after me," said the Sigs Cpl, "Alpha Delta"
"Alpha Delpha!", replied our Sgt. Major.
"No, it's Alpha Delta!", repeated the Cpl.
"That's what I said!", grumped our Sgt. Major, "Alpha Delpha!"
The chortles subsided and the frustrated Cpl., realizing arguing with the Sgt. Major would lead nowhere turned his attention to Cpl Burkowski, our WFE Tech.
"O.K., corporal, repeat after me, Alpha Delta"
"Abba Dabba!", Burkowski proudly replied.
"No corporal, it's A..L..P..H..A D..E..L..T..A!"
"A..B..B..A D..A..B..B..A," mumbled Burkowski.
The Sigs Corporal, realizing that he wasn't getting anywhere with the phonetic alphabet, changed tack.
"O.K., let's try radio procedures. Never use the word REPEAT when asking for more information as Artillery, if on the net, may mistake that as a request for another salvo. Always use the the words: SAY AGAIN ALL AFTER...", said the Sigs Cpl.
"Corporal Cadieux, ask me to repeat what follows after this partial sentence. MY PEN IS........."
"My penis?", inquires Cpl. Cadieux, who always had trouble with English.
"No, no, no. You must use the phrase: SAY AGAIN ALL AFTER!"
"Say again all after MY PENIS?" asked the confused Cadieux.
"No NO No!, not my penis, MY PEN IS!"
"Your penis?", the evermore confused Cpl. Cadieux asked.
Of course, by now the tent had erupted into gales of laughter, and even the poor Sigs Corporal busted a gut laughing as he realized the humour of the situation. Even our crusty Sgt. Major had tears rolling down his eyes. Needless to say, class was dismissed until the next morning.






CHIMO!

[Tony Smith]

I wouldn't dare poke fun at the Sigs types, lest they zap some malevolent electromagnetic waves in my direction, but... the above post reminds me of a contest the local radio station were having to give away some concert tickets or a CD or some such. To win the prize, the 3rd caller through had to answer this question: "Spell AC/DC" (name of an Aussie rock band).
Dumb caller gives it his best: "AD/CC? no, er AC/CD? AC/AC?" Radio station: "All you have to do is SPELL AC/DC! Listen closely!" Dumb caller: "AA/CD?"
Radio station: "Repeat after me- A".
Caller :A".
Radio station "C".
Caller: "C".
Radio: "D".
Caller:"D".
Radio: "C".
Caller: "C".
Radio: "Now spell AC/DC".
Caller: "AD/CC?"

[sapper740]

Originally posted by Tony Smith
I wouldn't dare poke fun at the Sigs types, lest they zap some malevolent electromagnetic waves in my direction, but... the above post reminds me of a contest the local radio station were having to give away some concert tickets or a CD or some such. To win the prize, the 3rd caller through had to answer this question: "Spell AC/DC" (name of an Aussie rock band).
Dumb caller gives it his best: "AD/CC? no, er AC/CD? AC/AC?" Radio station: "All you have to do is SPELL AC/DC! Listen closely!" Dumb caller: "AA/CD?"
Radio station: "Repeat after me- A".
Caller :A".
Radio station "C".
Caller: "C".
Radio: "D".
Caller:"D".
Radio: "C".
Caller: "C".
Radio: "Now spell AC/DC".
Caller: "AD/CC?"

Ask that contestant if he was ever a Field Engineer from Canada...I might know him!