Navy · Legacy RATING

Sp(Q)(TE) Specialist (Technician)

Split into CT, IM, effective 1948.

Documented history

Specialist (Technician) · Split into CT, IM, effective 1948

Malin/BUPERS source assertion: Established 1948 from the ratings of Specialist (Q) (Cryptographers), Specialist (Q) (Radio Intelligence), Specialist (Q) (Technicians), and Radioman. | Established 1948 from the ratings of Special Artificer (I) (Instruments), Special Artificer (I) (Typewriter and Office Equipment Repairmen), Special Artificer (I) (Watch Repairman), and Specialist (Q) (Technicians). | included in Communications Technician and Instrumentmen 1948. Normalized as split/multi-destination. Reconciles 3 reciprocal, grade-specific, or repeated source assertions for the same predecessor/date.

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