1. Required time in previous grade:
   • One year as First Sergeant or Master Sergeant.
2. Citizenship
   • Know all 50 states and capitals.
   • Know where Young Marine units are located.
3. Leadership
   • Demonstrate you are capable of instructing all ranks in leadership.
4. Physical Fitness
   • Pass PFT with a score of 250 or more.
5. School
   • Maintain a 3.0 grade point average.
   • Know and meet your school superintendent.
6. Home and Outside Activities
   • Show yourself to be a mature person, able to function well in society.
7. Personal Habits:
   • Be neat, clean and properly dressed, polite and well mannered.
8. Close order drill:
   • Demonstrate the capability to form, take reports and drill a regiment.
9. Other subjects:
   • Be proficient in all administrative aspects of the Young Marines.