The five belt levels

There are five belt levels in the MCMAP progrm but we are only going to the sddress the first three , which are tan belt, gray belt and Green belt. The belt rankings are away for Marines to showcase their understnding of Martial Arts while in the Coprs.

Tan Belt

Tan belts is the first stage and the minimun in leveing up in the Martial arts program in the Marine Corps This level of training includes the basic fundation and introduction to the program.

Gray Belt

We just mentioned the first belt being Tan, Gray belt is the second belt ranking. This level normally takes two years to perfect. It includes all the fundation required in Level one (Tan Belt) but also incorporates the disciple of MCMAP.

Green Belt

Green belt is the third belt level, all Marines are expected to advance to the minimun of green belt throughout their career. This belt level focuses alot on the purpose, priciples learned from the proir two belt rankings.


  1. Brown
  2. black
  3. black belt, black belt with red tab