Marine Corps · SSN history

535 Balloon Gas Handler

SSN 535, listed as Balloon Gas Handler in AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements), was not retained as a Marine Corps specialty. Appendix B marks it “None,” meaning no Marine Corps specialty, and names no successor.

Documented history

Balloon Gas Handler

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date, not an effective cancellation date. No effective date is given for SSN 535.

  • Balloon Gas Handler is the earlier Army title; the June 1945 Present Title column is blank.
Source extraction notes

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