There were two ways that I knew of; this may have changed:
# Have thirty college credits at the time you enlist. # Join under the Buddy Program, enlisting with two friends. (This part may have changed.)
time served or meritoriously
Cadets who achieve the Billy Mitchell award can graduate from Marine Corps Basic Training as an E-2 (Private First Class, AKA: PFC).
In 2010, $1622.10.
James Anderson, Jr., Private First Class, United States Marine Corps, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division , Cam Lo, Vietnam, February 28, 1967, Sacrificed his life by smothering a grenade with his body
There are service limitations for each rank. You can not serve past 8 years if you have not been promoted to Corporal. If a Marine is a Pvt or PFC then they were probobly reduced in rank for disciplinary reasons and are getting out.
Private (E-1) for enlisted Marines2nd Lieutenant (O-1) for officers
Spanish Marine Corps is oldest: since 1537 Dutch Marine Corps (Korps Mariniers) 2nd oldest: since 1665
Private, Private First Class, Specialist, Corporal, Sergeant ranks up to and including Sergeant Major of the Army (Army) Private, Private First Class, Lance Corporal, Corporal, all Sergeant ranks up to and including Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (Marine Corps) Airman Basic, Airman, Airman First Class, Senior Airman, all Sergeant ranks up to and including Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (Air Force) Seaman Recruit, Seaman Apprentice, Seaman, all Petty Officer ranks up to and including Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (Navy) The Coast Guard using the same rank structure as the Navy.
Samuel Nicholas was the First Commandant of the Marine Corps. He along with Robert Mullen created the Marine Corps
$1644.90 is the monthly base pay of a PFC. Half that amount minus taxes would be each paycheck. It is based on the rank and the time in service for the member.
There was no such thing as the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps until 1957. The first Sergeant Major in the Marine Corps was Sergeant Major Archibald Sommers who became the Corps' first Sergeant Major in 1801.
Opha Mae Johnson was the first Woman Marine in the U.S. Marine Corps.
The abbreviation for Private First Class is PFC.