ARmy Rumour SErvice

**UKTAP** · 28-05-2012, 01:10

What's IA?

**MiracleBill** · 28-05-2012, 05:54

Originally Posted by UKTAP

What's IA?

I took it to mean immediate action, but it could be anything?

**Dygbi** · 28-05-2012, 05:59

At the risk of this being a wah. Information Assurance. And I'm RD

Sent from my phone using my finger.

**MiracleBill** · 28-05-2012, 06:06

Originally Posted by Dygbi

At the risk of this being a wah. Information Assurance. And I'm RD

Sent from my phone using my finger.

I had thought that but couldn't see why a Tfc would come into their own when dealing with it.

**Dygbi** · 28-05-2012, 07:51

Something to do with YofS & Tfc being crypto ninjas thereby having the tools to become IA gurus - as I understand it.

Sent from the parade square using my pacestick.

**jimmys_best_mate** · 28-05-2012, 07:52

How much of the FofS and YofS courses overlap? (in other words, how much trade training will the combined supervisor miss out on because we all know that the Army's not going to pay for three year long courses that cover all of FofS and YofS).

**timebandit** · 28-05-2012, 09:21

Originally Posted by Dygbi

At the risk of this being a wah. Information Assurance. And I'm RD

Sent from my phone using my finger.

Correct and no wah, how many DE officers have a grounding in this or any of the LE fraternity toolset? None that I know, some may have a little knowledge but no depth.

Munch Me

**timebandit** · 28-05-2012, 09:25

Originally Posted by jimmys_best_mate

How much of the FofS and YofS courses overlap? (in other words, how much trade training will the combined supervisor miss out on because we all know that the Army's not going to pay for three year long courses that cover all of FofS and YofS).

The 2 courses overlap a little on the practical side such as RADCON, but on little else. The combined supervisor would miss out on lots of training and would no longer bea SME in their specialist field IMHO.

Munch Me

**timebandit** · 28-05-2012, 09:30

Originally Posted by MiracleBill

I had thought that but couldn't see why a Tfc would come into their own when dealing with it.

Who is the Comd custodian....a Maj Tfc, who is the deployed operations custodian.....Maj Tfc, Who runs DCA a Lt Col Tfc so no DEs in sight hence need I go on?

Munch Me

**jimmys_best_mate** · 28-05-2012, 10:19

Originally Posted by timebandit

The 2 courses overlap a little on the practical side such as RADCON, but on little else. The combined supervisor would miss out on lots of training and would no longer bea SME in their specialist field IMHO.

That's what I thought. I suspect a newly minted 'Supervisor Combined' would end up like Techs and Operators are now - coming out of the factory with a basic grounding of how things work but with a lot of extra courses to do before they actually understand the equipment used by their new unit.