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MARSOC — Marine Raider (Critical Skills Operator)
Screening prerequisites (1st class PFT, swim)

To be screened for MARSOC, a Marine needs a first-class score on the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) for his age group — 235 of 300 points under MCO 6100.13A — and combat water survival 2nd class with 30 minutes of treading water. The PFT is pull-ups (or push-ups, capped at 70 points), a plank and a 3-mile run. MARSOC sets only the total class, not per-event minimums.

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What a Marine Raider earns — Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (BAH area NC178)

Pay grade
>4
Gross · E-5 · >4$6,640 per month, before tax · tax-free
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Not included in the total
  • Military free fall instead of static line (HDIP; FMR still lists $225) provisional$240 per month
  • AIP CSO as a lump sum for a 36-month tour, instead of the monthly payment provisional$12,300 one-off
  • Demolition duty pay, only with orders for explosives work (HDIP)$150 per month

2026 rates, gross per month, for a Critical Skills Operator (PMOS 0372). The $375 CSO allowance is paid as AIP from E-5 under MARADMIN 628/20, extended by MARADMIN 039/22 to 31 Dec 2023 “or superseded” — no later message was found, hence provisional. Jump and dive pay assume orders and the combatant diver qualification. Not included: demolition pay, hostile fire pay, CSRB and bonuses. Source file: data/us/pay.md.

provisional = official source with a provisional legal status, a secondary source or our own calculation; see the sources.

The test, event by event

Event1st class example — 240 points (men 21–25)
Pull-ups (PFT)20
Plank (PFT)2:54
3-mile run (PFT)22:50

Also required

  • Water: combat water survival 2nd class, modified to include 30 minutes of treading water (MARADMIN 221/07). The MARSOC A&S fitness guide (2018) describes an initial swim test of 11 minutes treading water in utility uniform plus 4 minutes of survival floating, and sets a goal of swimming 300 m in under 13 minutes.
  • GT score of at least 105, waiver possible (MARADMIN 221/07).
  • Assessment and Selection (A&S): ruck movements with a 45 lb dry pack at a minimum pace of 15 minutes per mile; according to the guide, averaging a 13-minute mile or better is competitive.
  • Since 1 January 2026 the jobs 0370 and 0372 are combat arms (MARADMIN 613/25): their PFT is scored on the men’s tables by age, with 210 points as the service standard — not the MARSOC entry bar.
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Questions

Why these three values?

MARSOC requires a first-class PFT (235–300 points) but no per-event minimums. We use one combination from the official tables for men aged 21–25: 20 pull-ups (90 points), a 2:54 plank (80) and a 22:50 3-mile run (70) — 240 points. Any other combination reaching 235 also counts; the tables differ by age group.

Can I do push-ups instead of pull-ups?

The PFT allows it, but push-ups score at most 70 points (for men aged 21–25 that takes 87 push-ups in 2 minutes), so reaching 235 then needs near-maximum plank and run scores.

Where do the numbers come from?

From the PFT tables and Table 2-1 in MCO 6100.13A with Admin Change 5 (memo of 28 May 2025), and from MARADMIN 221/07 (23 March 2007), still cited as reference A in MARADMIN 462/25. The 2007 message says only “1st class PFT”; 235 is that class under today’s Table 2-1 (before 2018 it began at 225), so treat this level as provisional.

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