Personnel branch
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Personnel branch, in the Canadian Forces (CF), refers to a grouping of related military occupations.
Personnel branches were officially established at unification in 1968 to amalgamate the old Canadian Army Corps and similar occupational groupings in the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force.
According to Canadian Forces Administrative Orders (CFAOs),
"Personnel Branches were created to enable members of the Canadian Forces in related occupations to identify with each other in cohesive professional groups. These groups are based on similarity of military roles, customs and traditions." –CFAO 2-10
Branches are applicable to all members of the rank of Colonel/Captain (N) and below; general officers do not belong to branches.
Military occupations for officers and non-commissioned members are grouped within a particular branch under the coordination of the Director - Military Human Resource Requirements (DMHRR) and the approval of the Assistant Deputy Minister (Human Resources - Military) (ADM(HR-Mil)).
Assignment of Distinct Environmental Uniform (i.e. "Army", "Navy", or "Air Force") is a function of military occupation, not personnel branch. For example, within the Communications and Electronics Branch, all Signal Operators are uniformed Army and all Aerospace Telecommunication & Information Systems Technician are designated as Air Force. On the other hand, within the Security Branch, Military Police may be designated as any environment.
Personnel branches in the CF
The following is a list of CF personnel branches:
- Air Operations Branch
- Band Branch
- Cadet Instructor Cadre
- Canadian Forces Medical Service (formerly Medical Branch)
- Canadian Military Engineers (formerly Military Engineering Branch)
- Canadian Forces Military Police (formerly Security Branch)
- Chaplain Branch
- Communications and Electronics Branch
- Dental Branch
- Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Branch
- Intelligence Branch
- Legal Branch
- Logistics Branch
- Naval Operations Branch
- Personnel Selection Branch
- Postal Branch
- Public Affairs Branch
- Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (formerly Armour Branch)
- Royal Canadian Infantry Corps (formerly Infantry Branch)
- Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
- Training Development Branch
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