[Milsurplus] Oddball question

[D C Macdonald]

That was my experience, Ray.  Enlisted number had
eight digits, reserve officer had seven, regular officer
had five digits.

Mac, K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Ray, W2EC" <w2ec at attglobal.net>
Reply-To: w2ec at bmjsports.com
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Oddball question
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:58:30 -0400

Regarding serialization, there may have been a separate group of numbers for 
enlisted vs commissioned. I had one serial number as an EM and after 
completing OCS, was discharged as an EM, giving up that serial number and 
obtained a new serial number as an officer. I don't know if it is a 
coincidence or not but a few of us in my class compared serial numbers and 
although not sequential, they all started with 0. Any officers out there, 
did your serial number start with 0 or was just this a strange coincidence?

Ray, W2EC