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MIL-STD-130, "Identification Marking of U.S. Military Property," is a specification that describes markings required on items sold to the Department of Defense (DoD), including the addition, in about 2005, of UII (unique item identifier) Data Matrix machine-readable information (MRI) requirements.
The following are the original service numbers which were first issued to United States military personnel: [2] R-1: Arthur Crean – First service number of the United States armed forces; O-1: John J. Pershing – First officer service number of the United States Army; 100 00 01: Clayton Aab — First enlisted service number of the United ...
The first officer service number was given to John J. Pershing, who held service number 1 with the prefix O, making his service number O-1. [2] Officers' serial numbers were generally determined simply by seniority and entry date into the Army officer corps; between 1921 and 1935, Regular Army officer numbers ranged from 1 to 19 999, with ...
MIL-STD-129 standard is used for maintaining uniformity while marking military equipment and supplies that are transported through ships. This standard has been approved to be used by the United States Department of Defense and all other government agencies. Items must be marked for easy identification before they are transported.
In 1908, the United States government purchased its first heavier than air aircraft. The aircraft, a Wright Model A, was used by the aviation section of the United States Army Signal Corps and was issued with serial number 1. Subsequent aircraft were numbered in sequence.
The Ammunition Identification Code (AIC) was a sub-set of the Standard Nomenclature List (SNL). The SNL was an inventory system used from 1928 to 1958 to catalog all the items the Army's Ordnance Corps issued. The AIC was used by the United States Army Ordnance Corps from January, 1942 to 1958. It listed munitions and explosives (items from ...
United States military aircraft serials, the serial numbers used to identify individual military aircraft; USAAF unit identification aircraft markings, an identification code to identify the unit to which U.S. aircraft are assigned; Tail code, markings, usually on the vertical stabiliser of U.S. military aircraft, that help to identify the unit ...
The first U.S. military member to hold a service number was Arthur Crean. The following formats were used to denote U.S. military service numbers: 12-345-678: United States Army enlisted service numbers and United States Air Force enlisted service numbers; 123-45-67: United States Navy enlisted service numbers