Historical specialty lookup
Legacy Military Specialties
Military specialty codes get renamed, merged, and retired as the services restructure. Search a historical code to see its recorded name, documented changes, and known links to later specialties. Source links accompany each record.
Looking for a current code? Search the directory11 of 4,632 legacy codes
- AOAviation OrdnancemanCoast Guard · linked to ASM
- CFCoastal ForcemanCoast Guard · discontinued
- DGDangerous CargomanCoast Guard · linked to PS
- FIFirefighterCoast Guard · linked to PS
- JOJournalistCoast Guard · linked to PA
- LILithographerCoast Guard · discontinued
- PAPhotojournalistCoast Guard · linked to PA
- PIYeoman (PI)Coast Guard · linked to JO
- PRParachute RiggerCoast Guard · linked to ASM
- PhoMPhotographer's MateCoast Guard · linked to PA
- SMSignalmanCoast Guard · linked to QM
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