The premise is that (1) proper classification and (2) assignment of a grade appropiate to the job held are two of the primary elements in Army morale. Using data for and A. A. F. Base Unit, formulas are derived to attempt to justify the different grades actually existing for persons holding forty-two different military occupational specialities. In this process such background factors as the individual's education, his Army General Classification Test Score, and his length of Army service are evaluated in terms of their relation to the type of work to which the serviceman has been assigned.