Marine Corps · SSN history

591 Sterilization and Bath Foreman

Appendix B identifies SSN 591 as “Sterilization and Bath Foreman” under AR 615-26, September 1942 and supplements, and suggests SSN 706 for conversion. This was not an automatic replacement: each affected Marine’s qualifications had to be reviewed against the job specifications.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Sterilization and Bath Foreman

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date. The entry gives no effective date for a conversion or for the end of SSN 591.

  • No June 1945 Present Title is listed for SSN 591, and the entry does not establish a fixed transition to SSN 706.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Sterilization and Bath Foreman. Suggested conversions/remarks: 706. 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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