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72B Communications Center Specialist
The Army history identifies 72B as the Vietnam-era enlisted MOS Communications Center Specialist. It does not document a cancellation, conversion, or successor specialty.
The directory also lists 72B Entomology. Current service use is not established for this directory entry.
Codes named in this history
No successor relationship has been verified for this record.
Sources and limitations
1982 is the history's publication year; no effective start or end date for this specialty is given.
- This historical enlisted specialty is distinct from the modern Army officer designation 72B, Entomology.
Source notes
The official Department of the Army history identifies 72B as the Vietnam-era enlisted Communications Center Specialist. It does not state an effective end date or successor, so both remain unknown. This enlisted MOS is unrelated to the modern Army officer AOC 72B Entomology.
Source documents (1)
Reviewed September 23, 2026 against reference 1.
- Vietnam Studies: Division-Level Communications, 1962-1973
Source date: 1982
Location: Appendix A, Some Divisional Enlisted Military Occupational Specialties, Communications, printed p. 103
Used in the reviewed explanation.
Location: Appendix A, Some Divisional Enlisted Military Occupational Specialties, Communications, printed p. 103; table row
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