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Ken Moffett <KLMoffett@comcast.net> wrote in
news:Xns98D4510105892qwerty@216.196.97.136:
> George <gvig01@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
> news:27xzh.5913$4H1.1184@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net:
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>> 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
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>>>>>>> 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
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>>>> - 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
>
Sorry, I made a mistake on the switch from Service Number to
SSN. I had said February of '68. That was wrong...that was
when
I got married. Anniversary the 25th! It was a year later, Feb
'69 February that I started Basic Training, and switch was
made
to SSN.
Ken
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