Army Terms

[Greywolf]

I just want to get these terms straight... is a sapper the same as a corporal, but just in the combat engineer trade?  What do you call a private or master corporal in this trade? 

I know Bombardier & MBdr are corporal/Mcpl in artillery...what do you call a private in that trade? 

Are there any other different names we have for those in different units/trades?

 

[George Wallace]

I am sure that you could have researched this on this site by using a "search" function or going and searching through the FAQ topics,  But!

Canadian Forces - Private - Corporal - Master Corporal

Armoured - Trooper - Corporal - Master Corporal

Artillery - Gunner - Bombardier - Master Bombardier

Airborne - Trooper - Corporal - Master Corporal

Engineer - Sapper - Corporal - Master Corporal

Infantry - Private - Corporal - Master Corporal

GW

 

[brin11]

Privates in the EME branch are referred to as Craftsman.

 

[buzgo]

Sigop (RAD OP) privates are called Signalman, but lcis techs and linemen are just called private.

 

[chrisf]

LCIS techs would call under craftsmen I believe.

 

[buzgo]

I don't think so, that appears to be an EME term.

Maybe they could be called "partschanger" ?

 

[chrisf]

For the reference of the original poster, you can never go wrong with referring to somone by their rank, a private is always a private, even if he's a gunner as well.

 

[chrisf]

I don't think so, that appears to be an EME term.

Maybe they could be called "partschanger" ?

LCIS techs are part of the EME branch aren't they? They wear EME hat badges and EME slipons. EME does stand for Electronic/Mechanical Engineers...

 

[buzgo]

LCIS techs are part of the EME branch aren't they? They wear EME hat badges and EME slipons. EME does stand for Electronic/Mechanical Engineers...

You should be ashamed of yourself! They are part of the Signal branch. They wear jimmy capbadges and SIGNALS slip ons. ATIS techs are the same, minus the slip ons.

 

[chrisf]

Huh. Well now I've got to check on this, because after I thought about it, you're very correct, but at the same time, I could have sworn the LCIS techs we have wore EME badges.

 

[gun plumber]

The EME Branch consists of four core trades:
Weapons Tech(land)-the oldest and best I might add!
Vehicle Tech
Materials Tech
FCS Tech
The LCIS and ATIS trade are not part of our branch,but it is not uncommon to see them in the EME workshop chain of command.Those trades almost always are co-located with us in a Base Maintianace facility.I don't believe they exist in the Svc Bn,though.

 

[Pte. Bloggins]

Time to go hide under a chair, Just a Sig Op. 

Yeah, Signalman, I love that. I'm a SignalMAN haha. Signaller refers to an infantry signaller, correct?

 

[buzgo]

Time to go hide under a chair, Just a Sig Op.

Yeah, Signalman, I love that. I'm a SignalMAN haha. Signaller refers to an infantry signaller, correct?

I'm not so sure about that.

For instance, any sigop would be called a signaller. I think that ANYONE employed as a sig (whether they are a bombardier in the battery CP or a sapper in the troop CP) could be called a signaller.

 

[B.McTeer]

whats the abbreviation for a Private Recruit? is it Pte-r?

 

[Greywolf]

Yes, PteR

 

[B.McTeer]

ok thx