Marine Corps · SSN history

843 Radar Operator, Aviation Ground Equipment

Appendix B lists SSN 843 as “Radar Operator, Aviation Ground Equipment” in the June 1944 tentative manual and suggests SSN 514 as a possible replacement. That suggestion did not establish an automatic conversion: each affected person's qualifications had to be reviewed against the job requirements.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Radar Operator, Aviation Ground Equipment

June 1945 is the manual's publication date, not an effective conversion date. No effective date is given for this suggested change.

  • No June 1945 specialty title is listed for SSN 843.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the June 1944 tentative-manual column: Radar Operator, Aviation Ground Equipment. Suggested conversions/remarks: 514. 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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