Who can join
If you served honorably in the Marine Corps, or served honorably as one of the FMF Navy Corpsmen or FMF Navy Chaplains, there is a seat for you at the table. Associate membership is open to supporters of the Corps who do not qualify for regular membership.
National rules set that floor, and the detachment decides its own membership from people who meet them. The detachment will say what it needs to see. Do not send personal service records to this website — it cannot receive them.