https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-happened-to-the-designation-71l-i-see-alot-of-things-covered-buy-the-71-series-designation-that-i-have-done-while-in-the-service <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I see a lot of things covered, but the 71-series designation that I have done while in the service covers personnel, pay, typing clerk, mail, orders etc. Wed, 25 May 2022 13:06:49 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-happened-to-the-designation-71l-i-see-alot-of-things-covered-buy-the-71-series-designation-that-i-have-done-while-in-the-service <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I see a lot of things covered, but the 71-series designation that I have done while in the service covers personnel, pay, typing clerk, mail, orders etc. PV2 Timothy Crater Wed, 25 May 2022 13:06:49 -0400 2022-05-25T13:06:49-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-happened-to-the-designation-71l-i-see-alot-of-things-covered-buy-the-71-series-designation-that-i-have-done-while-in-the-service?n=7695188&urlhash=7695188 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>71L became 42A MSG Private RallyPoint Member Wed, 25 May 2022 14:09:05 -0400 2022-05-25T14:09:05-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-happened-to-the-designation-71l-i-see-alot-of-things-covered-buy-the-71-series-designation-that-i-have-done-while-in-the-service?n=7695200&urlhash=7695200 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>71 series as you knew it has gone the way of the dodo bird. SP5 Peter Keane Wed, 25 May 2022 14:18:00 -0400 2022-05-25T14:18:00-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-happened-to-the-designation-71l-i-see-alot-of-things-covered-buy-the-71-series-designation-that-i-have-done-while-in-the-service?n=7701455&urlhash=7701455 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wel~~l, you see, what happened was, when the idiot that develop the computer code for the Army wrote the code, &quot;... [end of text] [start of heading] [unit separator] ...&quot; and he fed the MOS series in, 71L happened to be fed in between the two sets of buffers, &quot;[7]-[end of text]+[1]-[start of heading]+L-[unit separator]&quot;. The result was 42A. If you want to see the proof look up the ASCII table, you&#39;ll see my complicated b*ll sh*t of explanation.<br /><br />On a serious note, from what I was told was that the Army wanted to have the enlisted&#39;s MOS to be aligned with the officer&#39;s MOS, for example, 11A - Infantry officer and enlisted was 11x, 11B, 11M, 11C, 11H, etc. So, 71L was changed to 42A. That&#39;s what the DA&#39;s official memorandum about the MOS changes I read when I was working in the infantry company TOW room. I was unfortunate enough to be the only one who could type, admittedly. Yeah, I was the idiot who admitted that could type while others just played dumb. SSG Watis Ekthuvapranee Sun, 29 May 2022 11:15:16 -0400 2022-05-29T11:15:16-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-happened-to-the-designation-71l-i-see-alot-of-things-covered-buy-the-71-series-designation-that-i-have-done-while-in-the-service?n=7718300&urlhash=7718300 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I’m not sure, it was still there in 1985 when I got out SPC Mark Schaeffer Wed, 08 Jun 2022 20:08:46 -0400 2022-06-08T20:08:46-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-happened-to-the-designation-71l-i-see-alot-of-things-covered-buy-the-71-series-designation-that-i-have-done-while-in-the-service?n=7734816&urlhash=7734816 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>really don&#39;t know I was discharged as a 71L30 Admin Nco E-5 and E-6 were included, 71L40 E7 &amp; E8 71L50 E-9 SGT Richard Hanson SSP/CGS Sun, 19 Jun 2022 16:31:35 -0400 2022-06-19T16:31:35-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-happened-to-the-designation-71l-i-see-alot-of-things-covered-buy-the-71-series-designation-that-i-have-done-while-in-the-service?n=7841383&urlhash=7841383 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I also served as a 91B in a 5 man medical detachment providing MEDCAPS SGM Wayne Walk Thu, 25 Aug 2022 01:32:20 -0400 2022-08-25T01:32:20-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-happened-to-the-designation-71l-i-see-alot-of-things-covered-buy-the-71-series-designation-that-i-have-done-while-in-the-service?n=7996681&urlhash=7996681 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It is now 92 SFC Neena Gifay Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:20:06 -0500 2022-11-24T08:20:06-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-happened-to-the-designation-71l-i-see-alot-of-things-covered-buy-the-71-series-designation-that-i-have-done-while-in-the-service?n=8087445&urlhash=8087445 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sorry just getting emails they are 42 somethings I believe SGT Chuck Dillard Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:50:43 -0500 2023-01-17T16:50:43-05:00 2022-05-25T13:06:49-04:00