Marine Corps · SSN history

250 Veterinary Technician

Appendix B identifies SSN 250 as Veterinary Technician under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, and suggests SSN 458 as a possible replacement. This was not an automatic conversion: each affected Marine’s qualification record had to be reviewed against the job specifications before assigning a replacement.

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Documented history

Veterinary Technician

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date. No effective date for the suggested change is given.

  • The June 1945 Present Title entry is blank, so the earlier title is not established as a current specialty in that manual.
  • The record does not establish that any individual Marine actually changed to SSN 458.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Veterinary Technician. Suggested conversions/remarks: 458. The table gives no row-level effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an effective conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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