TISS  The Telecommunication and Information Services Squadron (TISS), under the direction of the Wing Telecommunications and Information Services Officer (WTISO), is responsible for the maintenance of airfield navigational aids, non-tactical communication systems, telecommunications equipment and IT resources. In addition, the squadron provides services that include telephone administration, leased facilities, switchboard services and networking operations. The squadron is also responsible for the provision of messaging services and maintenance of both internal and external cable plants. In addition to supporting 14 Wing, TISS provides technical support to local area militia and cadet units; the Armoured Battle School Detachment Aldershot, the Pearson Peacekeeping Center in Cornwallis and the Canadian Coastal Radars located in Barrington and Sydney. TISS administrative offices are located in 4 Hangar, as are the telecommunications, IT and cable plant maintenance sections. The remaining workshops are located on the operational side of the Wing in the IFRCC and Meteorology section buildings. |
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C&E Branch Velox Versutus Vigilans (Latin, "Swift, Skilled, Alert"); Major Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers (13 February 1863 - 21 October 1910) was the founder of the Canadian Signaling Corps, forerunner of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals and the Communications and Electronics Branch of the Canadian Forces. **** If you would lik to learn more about the Communications and Electronics Branch follow the C&E Website link found in the main menu.
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C&E Cap Badge 
Trade Badge (Jimmy): Mercury, the messenger of the gods, with 2 lightning bolts, in a sea of blue. It‘s encircled by a wreath of maple leaves, and on top it‘s a crown.The Royal Signals cap badge is heraldically described as; "The figure of Mercury holding a Caduceus in the left hand, the right hand aloft poised with the left foot on a globe all silver above the globe a scroll inscribed 'Certa Cito' and below on each side six laurel leaves all gold, the whole ensigned with the Crown in gold." Read More The lightnig bolts originated from the Sparkers Badge, a trade badge for non-commissioned communicators in the RCAF Signals Branch in 1935 also worn by RCAF radar tecnicians during World War II. Read More |
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C&E Branch Flag Branch flag: Horizontal bicolor, French grey over dark blue It is commonly believed that the colors of the flag represent "grey skies over blue waters"; however, the colors were inherited from the officer's Mess Dress uniforms of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS), which were in turn inherited from the 21st Lancers, the first unit of Major Carruthers, founder of the RCCS
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