Marine Corps · SSN history

988 ASTP Power Specialist Trainee

SSN 988, listed as “ASTP Power Specialist Trainee” under AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements), was deleted for Marine Corps use. The instruction “Appropriate SSN” required review of the individual’s job and qualifications to select a replacement, rather than automatic conversion to a fixed successor.

Documented history

ASTP Power Specialist Trainee

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

Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: ASTP Power Specialist Trainee. Suggested conversions/remarks: Appropriate SSN. Source language is nondeterministic; no single successor is forced. 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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