R 271547Z AUG 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 487/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (MCWP) 5-1, MARINE CORPS PLANNING PROCESS//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO/P5600.31G MCCDC/-/23SEP1993//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/LTCOL J. MUNROE/C2ID QUANTICO VA/UNIT:TEL/NAME:(703) 432-8193/EMAIL: JAMES.MUNROE@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION'S COMMAND AND CONTROL INTEGRATION DIVISION (C2ID) HAS PUBLISHED A REVISED MCWP 5-1, MARINE CORPS PLANNING PROCESS, DTD 24 AUG 2010.  REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.
2.  BACKGROUND.  THE INTENT OF THIS PUBLICATION IS TO PROVIDE A PLANNING PROCESS THAT SUPPORTS DECISION-MAKING BY THE COMMANDER, PROVIDES A VEHICLE THAT CONVEYS THE COMMANDER'S DECISIONS TO SUBORDINATES, AND SERVES AS A BASIS FOR ACTION.  THE FOCUS OF THIS REVISION IS TO EXPLAIN DESIGN AS IT APPLIES TO THE MARINE CORPS. DESIGN IS A FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OF COMMAND AND IS INHERENT NOT ONLY IN PLANNING, BUT THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING-EXECUTION-ASSESSMENT CONTINUUM.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  UNITS WILL BE RECEIVING PRINTED COPIES OF MCWP 5-1 VIA THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (MCPDS).  UNITS NOT RECEIVING COPIES OR DESIRING ADDITIONAL PRINT ALLOCATIONS MUST FOLLOW PROCEDURES IDENTIFIED IN REF (A), COORDINATING WITH THEIR INTERNAL S-1 OR ADMIN SECTIONS.  FOR ORDERING PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS 143 000068 00. MCWP 5-1 MAY ALSO BE DOWNLOADED VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEB SITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//