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0521 Basic

The combat construction regulation changed the listed Basic/filler-personnel positions from SSN 0521 to Pioneer MOS 5729. For soldiers occupying those positions, it directed conversion of their primary or potential primary specialty.

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Codes without a directory match

  • 5729 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Basic

The authorized-position changes took effect on 7 November 1949. The personnel specialty conversion took effect on 1 February 1950.

  • The regulation does not establish an Army-wide cancellation of SSN 0521.
Source extraction notes

The instrument prints no field-wide rescinded-code list; only its explicit appendix T/O&E position conversions are asserted here. Basic/filler-personnel positions convert to pioneer MOS 5729. The 4 position-level source assertion(s) are collapsed into this one canonical predecessor event, preserving first-source successor order. Personnel MOS conversion is effective 1 February 1950; the appendix's T/O&E position amendments took effect 7 November 1949. The predecessor remains in the SSN namespace; successors are numeric MOS codes.

Source documents (2)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1 and 2.

Soldier

For Infantry ammunition-bearer and filler positions previously coded SSN 0521 (Soldier), the regulation directed use of MOS 4745 for light-weapons positions or MOS 4812 for heavy-weapons positions. This restricted Infantry use of 0521 rather than canceling it Army-wide.

The listed unit-position conversions took effect on 29 April 1949: paragraph 8a explicitly made them effective on the date of the regulation.

Source extraction notes

Paragraph 6 restricts this SSN in Infantry use but does not rescind it Army-wide. Paragraph 6 directs former ammunition-bearer/filler use to 4745 for light-weapons positions or 4812 for heavy-weapons positions. Repeated position-level change-sheet rows are collapsed into this one canonical predecessor event, preserving first-source successor order. The predecessor remains in the SSN namespace; successors are numeric MOS codes.

Source documents (4)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1, 2, 3 and 4.

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