Marine Corps · SSN history

525 Balloon Gas Chief

SSN 525, listed as Balloon Gas Chief under AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements), was deleted for Marine Corps use. The June 1945 manual marks it “None,” meaning no Marine Corps specialty existed, and names no successor.

Documented history

Balloon Gas Chief

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date, not an effective deletion date. No effective date is given for SSN 525.

  • Any replacement classification required an individual review of the Marine’s Qualification Card against the manual’s job specifications.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Balloon Gas Chief. 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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