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0533 Demolition specialist

Specified Army SSN 0533 (Demolition specialist) positions changed according to duty and grade: demolition men, specialists and assistant leaders to MOS 3729; demolition supervisors, foremen and platoon or section leaders to MOS 1729. Selected pioneer and messenger positions changed to MOS 5729.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 3729 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 1729 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 5729 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Demolition specialist

Conversion of incumbents' primary or potential-primary specialties took effect on 1 February 1950. The unit position amendments had taken effect on 7 November 1949.

  • The order documents specified position conversions, not an Army-wide cancellation of SSN 0533.
Source extraction notes

The instrument prints no field-wide rescinded-code list; only its explicit appendix T/O&E position conversions are asserted here. Duty and grade control the result: demolition-man/specialist and assistant-leader positions convert to 3729; demolition-supervisor/foreman and platoon/section-leader positions convert to 1729; selected pioneer and messenger positions on printed p. 29 convert to 5729. The 33 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 (4)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

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