Marine Corps · SSN history

859 Pharmacy Technician

Appendix B identifies SSN 859, Pharmacy Technician, from AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements) as deleted for Marine Corps use. The notation “None” means no Marine Corps specialty existed, and no replacement specialty is named.

Documented history

Pharmacy Technician

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date, not an effective deletion date. No effective date is given for SSN 859.

  • Any reassignment required an individual review of qualifications against the manual’s job specifications, not an automatic conversion.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Pharmacy Technician. 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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