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36C Wire Systems Installer

MOS 36C, Wire Systems Installer, was deleted, with 31L (Multichannel Communications Equipment Repairman) and 31Y (Telecommunications Systems Supervisor) listed as its successor specialties.

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Historical steps

The source names a code the branch later retired, or whose reviewed record is historical. Its story continues on that code's own page.

31LCable Systems Installer- Maintainer · historical code
Recorded successor: 25L1 Cable Systems Installer- Maintainer, itself later retired
31YTelecommunications Systems Supervisor · historical code
Listed as becoming 31W. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Wire Systems Installer

The listed effective date is October 31, 1986. June 26, 1995 is the publication date of the regulation documenting the change.

The record does not specify the conditions determining whether personnel converted to 31L or 31Y.

Source extraction notes

AR 611-201 Table B-2 maps deleted MOS 36C to 31L, 31Y; source successor entries: 31L Multichannel Communications Equipment Repairman; 31Y Telecommunications Systems Supervisor; update/effective date 1986-10-31.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1 and 2.

AR 611-201, Issue 6, Table B-2, MOS Deletions/Conversions
1. Table B-2, printed p. 606 · source dated June 26, 1995 · cited by the explanation
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2.AR 611-201, Issue 6, Table B-2, MOS Deletions/Conversions · event transcription · docs/legacy-data/army-mos-conversions.jsonl:1636; Table B-2, printed p. 606 · cited by the explanation
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Historical information is drawn from the sources linked above. Classification dates are not personal service dates. Spot an error? Let us know.