Marine Corps · SSN history

357 Gas and Oil Man

Appendix B identifies SSN 357 as “Gas and Oil Man” under AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements) and suggests SSN 316 as a replacement. That suggestion required individual qualification review against the job specifications, not automatic conversion.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 316 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Gas and Oil Man

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date. No effective date is given for the suggested change from SSN 357 to SSN 316.

  • The June 1945 Present Title entry is blank; the reference to SSN 316 does not establish that a conversion actually occurred.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Gas and Oil Man. Suggested conversions/remarks: 316. 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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