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Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
Sorry that after about 45 years I can't remember the 3 digit code that was assigned to my specific job. If it's that important to you, you can try to figure it out. I was a computer programmer at Ft. Lee Virginia and did coding for programs that were used by reservists who fought wars on a computer during their summer duty. (how do you fight wars on a computer during summer duty) I could not care less what my MOS was way back then.
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I know you think I'm a redneck hillbilly that doesn't know anything but what I do know is The U.S. Army used alphanumeric codes (such as 11B10, Light Weapons Infantryman) to identify the Military Occupational Specialty (job) each person held. The MOS that a person was qualified in was called the PMOS (primary MOS), while the DMOS (duty MOS) was the job they actually held at a given time.
Different MOS coding systems were used for enlisted, warrant officers and officers:
Enlisted codes consisted of
five digits. The first three (such as 11B) indicated the position while the fourth and fifth indicated the relative level:
xxx10 - basic Infantryman (E1-E3) = 11B10
xxx20 - specialist (Specialist 4th Class, E-4) = 11B20 (Note: some SP5s were 20s,such as 63B20, 91B20, 94B20)
xxx30 - team leader, specialist (E-5) = 11B30 (A number of SP5 positions had "30" MOS codes, including 64C30).
xxx40 - noncommissioned officer (Sergeant E-5, Staff Sergeant E-6, Sergeant First Class E-7) = 11B40
xxx50 - senior noncommissioned officer (E-8, E-9) = 11B50 (or, as we shall see, 11B5M, first sergeant
So if you did what you say you did, data processor programmer there are 3 different codes 741B0 741C0 741D0
these are codes used during the Vietnam era