R 171850Z AUG 12
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 456/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (MCRP) 3-25, CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES//
REF/A/MCO/5600.31/ARD/26 APR 2010//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS REGULATIONS//
POC/MR J. A. BASS/CIV/CDI, CDD, MID/QUANTICO VA/TEL DSN 278-3616 OR COML (703) 784-3616/EMAIL: JOHN.BASSATUSMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED MCWP 3-25 "CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES"; EFFECTIVE 30 JULY 2012.  MCWP 3-25 IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL. 
2.  BACKGROUND.  THIS PUBLICATION IS DESIGNED FOR MAGTF, NAVAL EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AND JOINT FORCE COMMANDERS AND THEIR STAFFS AND ANY OTHER MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF AVIATION OPERATIONS.  THIS PUBLICATION LINKS THE HIGHER ORDER DOCTRINE CONTAINED IN MARINE CORPS DOCTRINAL PUBLICATIONS AND MCWP 3-2, AVIATION OPERATIONS, WITH THE LOWER LEVEL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN THE MCWP 3-25 SERIES AND PROVIDES COMMANDERS AND THEIR STAFFS WITH THE REQUISITE KNOWLEDGE TO PLAN FOR THE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES.
3.  THIS PUBLICATION SUPERSEDES MCWP 3-25, CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES, DATED 26 FEBRUARY 1998 AND MCWP 3-25.3, MARINE AIR COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM HANDBOOK, DATED 2 DECEMBER 1997.
4.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.  UNITS WILL RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES OF MCWP 3-25 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 MCPDS ORDERING PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS: 143 000046 00. 
5.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN RICHARD P. MILLS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//