Marine Corps · SSN history

365 Optician

Appendix B identifies SSN 365, listed as Optician under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, as deleted for Marine Corps use. The notation “None” means no corresponding Marine Corps specialty existed; no successor is named.

Documented history

Optician

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date, not an effective date for the deletion. No effective date is given.

  • The manual required affected qualification cards to be reviewed against its job specifications rather than assuming an automatic conversion.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Optician. Suggested conversions/remarks: None. 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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