The Young Marines promotion requirements are outlined below.  If you have any questions regarding your upcoming promotion, please contact the appropriate unit staff. 

In addition to the below promotion requirements, ALL Young Marines must also meet the MANDATORY requirements: 

Oral Promotion Board -

All Young Marines MUST stand an oral board for each promotion

Physically Fit -  

Each Young Marine is encouraged to improve their physical fitness.  For those Young Marines who continuously give the effort to improve their scores - but sometimes fall short - recognition and praise will be given and if the Young Marine meets all other promotion requirements - at the UC's discretion the physical fitness score may be re-evaluated. 

Recommendation for Promotion -

To receive the recommendation for promotion of a Young Marine, the following areas may be considered:

 - citizenship and leadership 

 - school, home, and outside activities

 - attendance at unit events and meetings

 - maturity - is the Young Marine mature enough to handle the recommended rank

 - has the Young Marine met all enabling objectives

Basic Pre-Test Answer Key

Please print the parts for your Young Marine for the next rank they are working towards.  Remember the books cover two or three ranks so studying all will be for a PART of each chapter through the whole book. 

Rank	Promotion Requirements / Comments
	ALL ENABLING OBJECTIVES FOR RANKS OF YM PRIVATE, YM PRIVATE FIRST CLASS AND YM LANCE CORPORAL ARE COMPILED FROM THE BASIC GUIDE BOOK
Private	REQUIRED SCHOOLS & OTHER QUALIFICATIONS Complete Recruit Training Billet: Team Member NOTE: The quarterly requirement for Drug Resistance Training must be accomplished during recruit training   ENABLING OBJECTIVES REQUIRED PO1 EO1, EO2, EO3, EO4, EO11 PO2 EO1a, EO2, EO3a, EO4a, EO6a-b, EO8a-terms in grey shade only PO3 EO1b, EO8 PO4 EO2 PO5 EO1a PO6 None required for this rank PO7 EO1, EO4 PO8 EO3, EO4 PO9 EO1, EO2, EO4, EO5a-c
YM Private First Class	Billet: Flag Bearer, Team Leader Earn the Basic First Aid Ribbon Award (PO9, EO5)   PO1 EO5, EO6, EO7, EO8, EO9 PO2 EO1b-d, EO4b-c, EO6c-d, EO8b-terms in white only PO3 EO1a, EO2, EO9, EO10, EO11 PO4 EO1 PO5 EO1a PO6 None required for this rank PO7 EO2 PO8 EO1, EO2, PO9 EO3, EO4, EO5d-e
YM Lance Corporal	Billet: Flag Bearer, Team Leader Earn the Community Service Ribbon Award (PO8, EO5) Pass the National Basic Exam Meet all mandatory requirements for this rank.   PO1 EO10 PO2 EO3b-c, EO5, EO6e-f, EO7 PO3 EO3, EO4, EO5, EO6, EO7, EO12 PO4 EO3, EO4 PO5 EO1a-b PO6 EO1, EO2 PO7 EO3 PO8 EO5 PO9 EO4, EO5f
	ALL ENABLING OBJECTIVES FOR RANKS OF YM CORPORAL AND YM SERGEANT ARE COMPLETED FROM THE JUNIOR GUIDE BOOK
YM Corporal	Billet: Flag Bearer, Team Leader Earn the CPR Ribbon Award   PO1 EO1, EO2, EO3, EO4, EO5, EO6, EO7, EO8 PO2 EO1, EO3a-d, EO4a-h PO3 EO1a, EO3a, EO4a-b, EO5a, EO6a, EO7a-b PO4 EO2, EO3, EO4, EO6 PO5 EO1a, EO2 PO6 EO1, EO2a PO7 EO1, EO2, EO5, EO6, EO9 PO8 EO1a, EO2a-b, EO3a-b PO9 EO1, EO2, EO5a
YM Sergeant	1. Pass the National Junior Exam. Fill the billet of Assistant Squad Leader and either Color Guard Rifleman or Squad Leader Attend and pass the National Junior Leadership School or local accredited Junior Leadership School (must be entered into database before promotion to YM/SGT can be obtained) Earn the Advanced 1st Aid Ribbon Award.   PO1 EO9, EO10, EO11, EO12, EO13, EO14 PO2 EO2, EO3e-i, EO4i-o PO3 EO1b, EO2, EO3b-c, EO4c, EO5b-c, EO6b, EO7c-e PO4 EO1, EO5, EO7 PO5 EO1b-c, EO3 PO6 EO2b PO7 EO3, EO4, EO7, EO8 PO8 EO1b-c, EO2c-d, EO3c PO9 EO3, EO4, EO5b
	ALL ENABLING OBJECTIVES FOR RANKS OF STAFF SERGEANT AND GUNNERY SERGEANT ARE COMPLETED FROM THE SENIOR GUIDE BOOK
YM Staff Sergeant	Fill the billet of Squad Leader and Platoon Guide Re-certify in CPR   PO1 EO1, EO2, EO6, EO13, EO14, EO16, EO19 PO2 EO1, EO2, EO4 PO3 EO1, EO4 PO4 EO1, EO2 PO5 EO1, EO2 PO6 EO1, EO2, EO4 PO7 EO1, EO2, EO4, EO6, EO7 PO8 EO1, EO2 PO9 EO1a-c, EO2a-e, EO2m, EO2o, EO3
YM Gunnery Sergeant	Attend and pass the National Senior Leadership School or local accredited Senior Leadership School (must be entered into database before promotion to YM/GYSGT can be obtained) Pass the National Senior Exam. Fill the billet of Platoon Sergeant and Unit Supply Assistant   PO1 EO3, EO4, EO5, EO7, EO8, EO9, EO10, EO11, EO12, EO15, EO17, EO18 PO2 EO3, EO5 PO3 EO2, EO3 PO4 EO3 PO5 EO3, EO4 PO6 EO3, EO5, EO6 PO7 EO3, EO5, EO8, EO9 PO8 EO3, EO4 PO9 EO1d-e, EO2f-l, EO2n
	ALL ENABLING OBJECTIVES FOR RANKS OF YM MASTER SERGEANT AND YM MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT ARE COMPLETED FROM THE ADVANCED GUIDE BOOK
YM Master Sergeant	Earn the DEA device for the Drug Demand Reduction Ribbon as prescribed in the Young Marines Awards Manual. Fill the billet of Platoon Leader and Recruit Instructor   PO1 EO1, EO2 PO2 EO1, EO4 PO3 EO1, EO2 PO4 EO1, EO2 PO5 EO1, EO3, EO4 PO6 EO1, EO2, EO3, EO7, EO9 PO7 EO1, EO3 PO8 EO1 PO9 EO1 PO10 EO1, EO3
YM Master Gunnery Sergeant	Attend and pass the National Advanced Leadership School Must Re-Certify in CPR (above must be entered into database before promotion to YM/MGYSGT can be obtained) Fill the billet of Young Marine First Sergeant and either Unit Adjutant Assistant, Unit Paymaster Assistant, or Unit Training Assistant Pass the National Advanced Exam.   PO1 EO3, EO4 PO2 EO2, EO3 PO3 EO3, EO4, EO5 PO4 EO3, EO4 PO5 EO2, EO5, EO6 PO6 EO4, EO5, EO6, EO8 PO7 EO2, EO4 PO8 EO2, EO3 PO9 EO2, EO3