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0653 Squad leader

The listed squad leader positions under SSN 0653 changed to combat construction foreman, MOS 1729. For soldiers holding those positions, the conversion applied to their primary or potential-primary specialty.

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Squad leader

The position amendments took effect on 7 November 1949. Personnel specialty conversion took effect on 1 February 1950.

  • The order establishes conversion of the listed positions, not Army-wide cancellation of SSN 0653.
Source extraction notes

The instrument prints no field-wide rescinded-code list; only its explicit appendix T/O&E position conversions are asserted here. Squad-leader positions convert to combat construction foreman MOS 1729. The 3 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.

Squad leader

The Army converted the listed SSN 0653 squad-leader positions to MOS codes according to their duties. Intelligence positions became 1761, heavy-weapons positions became 2812, and light-weapons positions became 2745.

Paragraph 8a made these position conversions effective on 29 April 1949, the date of the regulation.

  • These were changes to specified positions in the tables of organization and equipment, not evidence of an Army-wide cancellation of SSN 0653.
  • SSN 0653 was not included in the regulation's lists of rescinded or restricted-use specialties.
Source extraction notes

This code is not in paragraph 5's rescission list or paragraph 6's restricted-use list; only the explicit appendix T/O&E position conversions are asserted here. Squad-leader positions convert to 1761 for intelligence duties, 2812 for heavy-weapons duties, or 2745 for light-weapons duties. 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, 4 and 5.

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