Army · Legacy SSN

0761 Reconnaissance

Converted to 4761, effective February 1, 1950.

Documented history

Reconnaissance · Converted to 4761, effective February 1, 1950

The instrument prints no field-wide rescinded-code list; only its explicit appendix T/O&E position conversions are asserted here. The reconnaissance position converts to reconnaissance-scout MOS 4761, explicitly marked as an Infantry Career Field exception. The 1 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.

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Scout · Split into 1761, 4761, 2812, 4745, effective April 29, 1949

Paragraph 6 restricts this SSN in Infantry use but does not rescind it Army-wide. Paragraph 6 assigns intelligence/reconnaissance-chief duties to 1761 and scout duties to 4761; appendix reconnaissance-sergeant and messenger exceptions add 2812 and 4745. 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.

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