R 132032Z SEP 07
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN
UNCLAS
MARADMIN 543/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MCWP 3-31.5, SHIP-TO-SHORE MOVEMENT//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO/P5600.31/MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING
/REGULATIONS//
POC/MR D.B. GROVES/GS/SID QUANTICO VA/TEL/TEL: 278-6227 OR
/TEL: (703) 784-6227/EMAIL: DAVID.GROVES@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT
AND INTEGRATION'S SEABASING INTEGRATION DIVISION (SID), in
COLLABORATION WITH THE NAVY WARFARE DEVELOPMENT COMMAND (NWDC),
HAS PUBLISHED AN UPDATED MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION
MCWP 3-31.5, SHIP-TO-SHORE MOVEMENT, DTD MAY 07.  REF (A) DETAILS
STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.
2.  BACKGROUND.  THE SHIP-TO-SHORE MOVEMENT MCWP DISCUSSES
THE DOCTRINE, COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS, TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND
PROCEDURES (TTP) FOR PLANNING AND EXECUTING SHIP-TO-SHORE MOVEMENT
DURING AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, IT REVISES AND UPDATES
THE LEGACY PUBLICATION (NWP 3-02.1/FMFM 1-8) AND INCORPORATES AND
EXPANDS ON JOINT DOCTRINE CONTAINED IN JP 3-02, JOINT DOCTRINE FOR
AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS, AND OTHER RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS AND
DOCUMENTS.
FINALLY, IT PROVIDES THE DETAIL REQUIRED BY AMPHIBIOUS TASK
FORCE(ATF)
AND LANDING FORCE (LF)COMMANDERS AND STAFFS TO PLAN AND CONDUCT
AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS, SPECIFICALLY THE SHIP-TO-SHORE MOVEMENT OF
ANY SIZE LF.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  UNITS WILL SOON BE RECEIVING
PRINTED COPIES OF MCWP 3-31.5 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.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN AMOS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT
DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//