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George <gvig01@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:27xzh.5913$4H1.1184@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net:
> Harry K wrote:
>> On Feb 10, 4:55 pm, Jim Carriere
>> <jimcarri...@yahoooo.nospam> wrote:
>>> Ron Wanttaja wrote:
>>>> On 10 Feb 2007 16:14:45 -0800, "BobR"
>>>> <r...@r-a-reed-assoc.com> wrote:
>>>>> Many things do not quite add up. For instance...
>>>>>> Q. What is your military service number?
>>>>>> A. It would be the same as my social security number -
>>>>>> 146524672.
>>>>> When did the Air Force, Army, or any branch of the
>>>>> service start using the Social Security Number as the
>>>>> Military Service Number? It sure wasn't used when I
>>>>> was in the Air Force.
>>>> And you, Billy Mitchell, and Ben Folois probably had
>>>> many arguments about it, too. :-)
>>>> Not sure when it was, but the services did switch to the
>>>> SSAN. I went in the Air Force about the same time as
>>>> Zoom, and my SSAN was my service number.
>>> http://www.ssa.gov/history/1960.html
>>>
>>> Skip down to July 1, 1969.
>>>
>>> It seems like a McNamara-ism (whiz-kid style business
>>> decision), but it actually happened after his tenure as
>>> SECDEF and during the first Nixon administration.- Hide
>>> quoted text -
>>>
>>> - Show quoted text -
>>
>> That was a surprise. I was in 1954-1975. I was thinking
>> it was late 50s or early 60s. Still remember my old AF
>> number.
>>
>> Harry K
>>
> I was drafted in 67, issued an Army Service Number, it was
> changed to SSN in 68 before heading off to South Viet Nam.
> Remember it well, drilled into my head.
>
> George V.
The Air Force changed to the SSN shortly after I started
basic training in February 1968. We had a service number the
day we started, but by the time we got to stenciling our
number on our underware it was the first initial of the last
name and the last four of your SSN. Since the first week was
spent as a Rainbow Flight (remember that? :( ), it was in
February.
Ken
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