Marine Corps · SSN history

899 Director Repairman, Electrical Heavy Antiaircraft Artillery

Appendix B identifies SSN 899 as “Director Repairman, Electrical Heavy Antiaircraft Artillery” under AR 615-26, September 1942 and supplements, and suggests SSNs 917 or 919 as alternatives. These were not automatic conversions: each individual's Qualification Card had to be reviewed against the job requirements before selecting the appropriate specialty.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Director Repairman, Electrical Heavy Antiaircraft Artillery

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

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank; the earlier title is not confirmed as a current specialty in that manual.
  • The suggested alternatives do not establish a fixed split or show which specialty any individual received.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Director Repairman, Electrical Heavy Antiaircraft Artillery. Suggested conversions/remarks: 917, 919. 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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