The purpose of establishing the Marine Corps Apprenticeship Program is to provide Marine Corps commanders an opportunity to implement programs of apprenticeship for military personnel in occupations closely related and applicable to private industry needs and requirements. Marine Corps school training and experience in the field will, if properly documented, satisfy private industry requirements for the training of apprentices in nationally recognized apprentice able occupations. The ultimate objective of the United States Marine Corps Apprenticeship Program is to provide registered certification of an individual Marine’s skilled craft occupational training. The program has been designed to achieve recognition for Marines equal to their civilian counterparts.

Registration of the National Apprenticeship Standards for the United States Marine Corps with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, is beneficial to the Marine Corps, to individual Marines, and to private industry, management and labor. Acceptance of U.S. Marine Corps apprentices as skilled craft-workers by private industry, management and labor will enhance Marines’ employment opportunities as veterans, shorten the term of private industry apprenticeship through the award of appropriate credit for previous military training experience, and provide a source of registered skilled personnel to meet national manpower requirements.