R 151355Z DEC 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 725/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (MCWP) 3-32/NTTP 3-02.3M, MARITIME PREPOSITIONING FORCES OPERATIONS//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO 5600.31/MCCDC/YMD:26APR2010//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR. D.B. GROVES/CIV/UNIT:CDD/NAME:QUANTICO VA /TEL:DSN 278-6227 OR COML (703) 784-6227/ EMAIL:DAVID.GROVES@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED A REVISED MCWP 3-32/NTTP 3-02.3M, MARITIME PREPOSITIONING FORCES OPERATIONS, DATED 21 NOVEMBER 2011.  MCWP 3-32/NTTP 3-02.3M IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2.  BACKGROUND.  THIS MULTI-SERVICE PUBLICATION ADDRESSES THE DOCTRINAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR MARITIME PREPOSITIONING FORCES (MPF) OPERATIONS.  IT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON ALL ASPECTS OF MPF OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE PLANNING, DEPLOYMENT, ARRIVAL AND ASSEMBLY, REDEPLOYMENT, AND RECONSTITUTION OF AN MPF. THIS PUBLICATION IS INTENDED FOR ANY MARINE OR SAILOR INVOLVED IN MPF OPERATIONS.  IT ALSO PROVIDES OPERATIONAL LEVEL CONTENT FOR COMMANDERS AND THEIR STAFFS TO FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF MPF OPERATIONS.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES. UNITS WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES OF MCWP 3-32/NTTP 3-02.3M VIA THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (MCPDS).  HOWEVER, THIS PUBLICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ONLY UNLESS COMMANDERS SUBMIT COMPELLING NEED JUSTIFICATION FOR PRINTED COPIES.  UNITS REQUIRING PRINT ALLOCATIONS MUST FOLLOW PROCEDURES IDENTIFIED IN REF (A), PARAGRAPH 4A(2).  FOR MCPDS IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS: 143 000073 00.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN RICHARD P. MILLS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//