[Milsurplus] Oddball question

[D C Macdonald]

It would appear then, that  ALL  regular officers were
issued  NEW  service numbers at some point based
upon seniority.  This would have to have been a
one-time thing, with service numbers for REGULAR
officers then issued serially as  REGULAR  commissions
were granted.

D C (Mac) Macdonald
USAF, 1961-1981


----Original Message Follows----
From: Bob Wilder <bwild at earthlink.net>
To: w2ec at bmjsports.com, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Oddball question
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:21:56 -0500

One added comment  about this thread.  Commissioned numbers were issued 
after the early 50's in accordance how that officer stood on the list.  
Example the Colonel who was base CO at Memphis Municipal Airport had serial 
number 576A which placed him as the 576th officer by date of rank starting 
the with most senior General



At 09:58 PM 8/25/2004 -0400, Ray, W2EC wrote:

 >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