MARADMIN 631/24 - Updated Enlisted Professional Military Education (EPME) Requirements for Selected Marine Corps Reserve

Scope

MARADMIN 631/24 publishes updated EPME requirements for the Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR). Released 2024-12-23 by CG TECOM as the companion to MARADMIN 630/24 for the Active Component and Active Reserve. The message sets the resident and non-resident course completion requirements by grade for SMCR Marines. Applicability is the SMCR.

Audience

• SMCR enlisted Marines. Apply EPME requirements by grade.
• SMCR career planners. Track EPME completion for promotion eligibility.
• Reserve unit commanders and S-1s. Confirm PME completeness before promotion boards.

Requirements the portal asserts

• Grade requirements. The portal's PME promotion guidance applies MARADMINs 630/24 and 631/24 together for the specific PME requirements by grade for SSgt and above.
• Board deadline. Marines must be PME complete by 2359 EST one day prior to the board convening to count as PME complete for the board.
• Sequenced PME boundary. The 270-day sequenced PME completion window from MARADMIN 222/26 applies to the Active Component and Active Reserve only. The portal records SMCR Marines as outside the shortened window.

Connection to higher policy

• MCO 1553.4B. Professional Military Education (PME). Parent order for EPME requirements.
• MCO P1400.32D. Cited alongside this message in the portal's PME promotion guidance.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine

• MARADMIN 630/24. Active Duty and Active Reserve EPME companion released the same day.
• MARADMIN 474/21. Earlier EPME Requirements by Grade. Predecessor framework.
• MARADMIN 222/26. Sergeant TIS and Staff Sergeant Promotion Process. Sequenced PME cross-reference.

Status

Released 2024-12-23. Originator CG TECOM Quantico VA. Applicability is the SMCR. Together with MARADMIN 630/24 it supersedes the MARADMIN 474/21 framework. Active. Verification caution. Portal evidence for SMCR-specific provisions is thin, the citing pages apply this message jointly with MARADMIN 630/24, verify grade-level detail against the message text before citing.