Marine Corps · SSN history

708 Airplane Engine Overhaul Shop Chief

Appendix B lists SSN 708, Airplane Engine Overhaul Shop Chief, under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, with 684 and 751 as suggested conversions. These were not automatic successors: each affected Marine’s Qualification Card had to be reviewed against the job specifications before selecting the appropriate classification.

Codes named in this history

Other history records

These source identifiers have archive pages. Their availability does not establish current service use or retirement.

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Airplane Engine Overhaul Shop Chief

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date; the entry gives no effective date for a conversion or for the end of SSN 708.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank, and the suggested alternatives do not establish a fixed split into two successor specialties.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Airplane Engine Overhaul Shop Chief. Suggested conversions/remarks: 684, 751. 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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