Technician fifth grade

Technician 5th Grade (Tec 5 or T/5) was a rank of the United States Army from 1942 to 1948.

Technician 5th Grade
The Tec 5 insignia of a letter "T" below two chevrons.
CountryUnited States
Service branchUnited States Army
AbbreviationTec 5 or T/5
Rank groupEnlisted
Pay grade5th Grade
FormationJanuary 8, 1942
AbolishedAugust 1, 1948
Next higher rankTechnician 4th Grade
Next lower rankPrivate First Class
Equivalent ranks

History
U.S. Army Technician 5th Grade Evert J. Vander Roest, c. 1943

The rank of Technician 5th Grade was added by War Department on January 8, 1942,[1] per Army Regulation 600-35. An update issued on September 4, 1942, added a letter "T" to the rank insignia.

Those who held the rank were often addressed as corporal, though were often called a "tech corporal". Technicians possessed specialized skills that were rewarded with a higher pay grade, but had no command authority. The pay grade number corresponded with the technician's rank. Tec 5 was under the pay grade 5, along with corporal. Technicians were easily distinguished by the "T" imprinted on the standard chevron design for that pay grade.

The technician ranks were removed from the U.S. Army rank system in 1948, though the concept was brought back with the specialist ranks in 1955.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Plan to Simplify Army Pay Grades". The News. Paterson, New Jersey. United Press. January 9, 1942. p. 31.
  2. Elder, Daniel K. "The Short History of the Specialist Rank" (PDF). Ncohistory.com.


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