abejackson said:
Just wondering what it means because I never saw that abbreviation before.
This was the only mention I found of it here,
CIU
https://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Aarmy.ca+CIU&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-CA:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&rlz=1I7GGHP_en-GBCA592&gfe_rd=cr&ei=IyT1V6fNO-mM8QeN-avYAg&gws_rd=ssl#q=site:army.ca+%22CIU%22
CIU is not listed in on our Canadian Military Acronyms page,
http://milnet.ca/wiki/index.php/Canadian_Military_Acronyms#C
It does come up on Google however,
https://www.google.ca/search?q=CIU+canadian+forces&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-CA:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&rlz=1I7GGHP_en-GBCA592&gfe_rd=cr&ei=LCX1V6PHF-SM8QeStKnIDw&gws_rd=ssl
UIC – CIU
Such as,
UIC. Unit Identification Code. CIU. Code d'identification d'unité.
Code d’identification d’unité
Ou CIU, un numéro de 4 chiffres qui identifie chaque unité dans les Forces canadiennes, y compris les unités de cadets.
http://www.forces.ca/fr/glossary/glossaire-102#C