Specialist (Punch Card Accounting Machine Operator) · Merged into MA, effective 1948
Malin/BUPERS source assertion: Established 1948 from the ratings of Specialist (I) (Punched Card Accounting Machine Operators) and Specialist (X) (Key Punch Operators and Supervisors). | included in Machine Accountant 1948. Normalized as merged/included. Reconciles 2 reciprocal, grade-specific, or repeated source assertions for the same predecessor/date.
Sources
- Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to 1969 (rev. Dec. 1969) (#anchorm, Machine Accountant entry; #anchors, Specialists (I) Punched Card Accounting Machine Operators entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 9, 15)
- Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Abbreviations Used for Navy Enlisted Ratings (1970) (alphabetic abbreviation list, Sp(I), MA entries)