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List showing the geographical location of the first three digits of the Social Security numbers assigned in the United States and its territories from 1936 until June 25, 2011. Repeated numbers indicate that they have been transferred to another location or are shared by more than one location.
1234-567: United States Coast Guard enlisted service numbers; 123456: United States Marine Corps enlisted service numbers; 12345: Service number format for most U.S. military officers; Social Security Numbers are today used as the primary means to identify members of the U.S. military. The common format for social security numbers is 123-45-6789.
Since that time, social security numbers have become the de facto military service number for United States armed forces personnel. Beginning in 2002, the military began a further effort to protect the use of social security numbers, even within the military itself.
It was not recorded who exactly held the last service number of the United States Army. The highest service number for the draft force was in the 68 million range; however, since Social Security numbers were being commonly used instead of service numbers, the identity of the soldier who held this number is unknown.
Apart from the prefix codes B, and D which were the standard prefix codes for all B and D series service numbers, the Navy used the suffix W which was issued from 1948 until the late 1960s to female enlisted personnel. The "W" suffix was written behind the service number of any officer or enlisted Navy member who was a woman.
In the United States, the Social Security number (SSN) is a nine-digit number issued to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents. Its purpose was to identify individuals for the purposes of Social Security, but it is now also used to track individuals for taxation purposes. There is no legal requirement to have a ...
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An SSN is a nuclear-powered general-purpose attack submarine. SSN is the US Navy hull classification symbol for such vessels; the SS (as 'Ship Submersible') denotes a submarine [1] and the N denotes nuclear power. The designation SSN is used for interoperability throughout NATO under STANAG 1166, [2] though navies use other terms.