Photojournalist
The rename is dated to 1984, with no month or day given.
Source extraction notes
The official Historian article explicitly states that the Photojournalist rating was renamed Public Affairs Specialist in 1984. The Coast Guard finding aid supplies code PA for the lineage; the unchanged successor code records a title rename, not a code change.
Source documents (2)
Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1 and 2.
- Lt. Cmdr. Matt Kroll, The Long Blue Line: The journalist rating, Coast Guard Historian's Office
1. HTML paragraph beginning 'In 1973' (sentence ending 'renamed to public affairs specialist in 1984'; no printed pagination) · source dated July 1, 2022 · cited by the explanation
Open source document (opens in a new tab)3.Lt. Cmdr. Matt Kroll, The Long Blue Line: The journalist rating · Final article paragraph beginning In 1973
Open source document (opens in a new tab) - Dana Lewis, U.S. Coast Guard Enlisted Ratings: Rating Specialty Marks & Distinguishing Marks, 1915-2015
2. printed p. 38 / PDF p. 39, Public Affairs Specialist (PA) entry · source dated December 2016 · cited by the explanation
PDF page 39 (opens in a new tab)