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The United States Army Medical Service Corps

Medical Service Corps Specialties in 1961

Active Component, 31 December 1961

MOS

Title

Actual Strength

Pharmacy, Supply, and Administration Section

3,107

Pharmacy Career Field

89

3318

Pharmacy Officer         

89

Supply Career  Field    

448

4000   

General Supply Officer

14

4010   

Supply Staff Officer (G-4, S-4)

10

4310   

Purchasing & Contracting Officer

8

4490  

Medical Supply Officer

416

Comptroller Career Field

137

2401   

Machine Records Officer

1

2402

ADPS Plans and Operations Officer

1

2610

Management Analyst

89

6000

Comptroller

41

6302

Budget & Fiscal Officer

5

Personnel Career Field

328

2110

Adjutant

60

2200

Personnel Officer

107

2210

Personnel Management Officer

16

2260

Personnel Staff Officer (G-1, S-1)

61

2334

Selective Service Officer

2

2900

Headquarters Unit Commander

70

5000

Special Services Officer

3

5505

Information Officer

9

Registrar Career Field

123

2431

Medical Registrar

123

Hospital Administration Career Field

162

3012

Hospital Administrator

162

Medical Technical Intelligence Career Field

30

8642

Military Intelligence Officer

8

9300

Intelligence Liaison Officer

8

9301

Combat Intelligence Staff Officer (S-2, G-2)

1

9330

Translation Officer (Designated Language)

1

9340

Technical Intelligence Coordination Officer

8

9666

Intelligence Research

3

9332

Interpreter

1

Operations & Training Field

1,343

2162

Operations and Training Staff Officer

187

2520

Training Officer

123

2548

Training Aids Officer

1

2622

Training Center Unit Officer

25

3506

Field Medical Assistant

1,007

Aviation Career Field

141

1980

Fixed Wing Aviator

1

1981

Rotary Wing Aviator

133

1983

Aviation Unit Commander

7

Non-Career Field

 

66

0009

Special Assignment

1

2120

Administrative Officer

63

7422

Safety Engineer

1

7601

Electronic Engineer

1

Medical Students

82

0006

Student Officer (Senior Medical Students)

66

 

Excess Leave-Medical School

16

Warrant Officers

158

3506

Field Medical Assistant

99

4890

Medical Equipment Repair Technician

11

4990

Medical Supply Officer

48

Medical Allied Sciences Section

472

Psychology Career Field

88

2230

Psychologist

15

2232

Clinical Psychologist

35

2239

Psychological Assistant

38

Social Work Career Field

116

3606

Social Work Officer

116

Podiatry Career Field

21

3350

Podiatrist

21

Entomology Career Field

49

3315

Entomologist

49

Nuclear Science Career Field

20

3308

Nuclear Medical Science Officer

19

7312

Physicist-Chemist

1

Laboratory Sciences Career Field

178

3307

Bacteriologist

48

3309

Biochemist

47

3310

Parasitologist

10

3311

Immunologist

12

3314

Clinical Laboratory Officer

58

3327

Physiologist

3

Sanitary Engineering Section

99

7960

Sanitary Engineer

99

Optometry Section

154

3340

Optometry Officer

147

4891

Optical Shop Officer

7

Total Medical Service Corps

3,832

                      

Source: Director, Resources Management, OTSG, Status of Medical Service Corps, as of 31 December 1961; Maj. Ray Bateman, SF, Distribution Division, Officer Personnel Management Directorate, PERSCOM, Rpt, subj., Medical Equipment Repair, 6 Feb 1995, both in DASG-MS.