MARADMIN 474/21 - Updated Enlisted PME Requirements by Grade

Scope

MARADMIN 474/21 publishes updated Enlisted Professional Military Education (EPME) requirements by grade. The message sets the resident and non-resident course completion requirements for each enlisted grade. MARADMIN 630/24 and MARADMIN 631/24, both released 2024-12, carry the subsequent updates for Active Duty with Active Reserve and for the Selected Marine Corps Reserve respectively. Applicability is the Marine Corps Total Force.

Audience

• Marines and career planners. Apply EPME requirements by grade for promotion eligibility.
• Unit training and S-1 staff. Confirm PME completion posture in MCTFS.
• HQMC TECOM. Owns the requirement framework.

PME requirements the portal asserts

• All Marines must be PME complete in accordance with applicable MARADMINs prior to promotion, per this message and MCO P1400.32D.
• For LCpl and Cpl promotion, the PME flag in MCTFS must read Y.
• Marines serving in specific Special Duty Assignment billets are exempt from the resident school or Seminar Program for their grade but still complete the MarineNet EPME course, per the portal PME page sourced to this message with MARADMINs 630/24 and 631/24 and MCO P1400.32D.
• MCAAT admin training checks cite the message for identifying Marines with missing or late training data, PFT, CFT, rifle, school completion, and MCMAP, within MCTFS, alongside MCO 6100.13A w/Ch-5, MCO 3574.2M, and MCO 1500.59A.

Connection to higher policy

• MCO 1553.4B. Professional Military Education (PME).
• MCO P1400.32D. Marine Corps Promotion Manual, Volume 2, Enlisted Promotions. Cited with the message across portal promotion pages.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine

• MARADMIN 630/24. Updated EPME Requirements for Active Duty and Active Reserve Marines. Current Active Component framework.
• MARADMIN 631/24. Updated EPME Requirements for the Selected Marine Corps Reserve. Current SMCR framework.
• MARADMIN 222/26. Sergeant TIS and Staff Sergeant Promotion Process. Sergeant PME sequencing cross-reference. Paragraph 1.b shortens the Sergeant PME completion window for SSgt selectees from 365 to 270 days starting with the FY26 board.
• MCO 6100.13A w/Ch-5, MCO 3574.2M, and MCO 1500.59A. Companion training data orders in MCAAT checks.

Status

Released 2021-09-14 per the policy index. Originator CG TECOM Quantico VA. Superseded by MARADMIN 630/24 and MARADMIN 631/24 for current EPME requirements. Portal promotion pages still cite the message for the MCTFS PME flag rule and the PME-complete requirement. Verification caution. The registry effective date reads 2021-09-08 while the policy index records date signed 2021-09-14. Confirm against the source page.