R 041934Z OCT 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 586/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (MCWP) 3-17.8, COMBINED ARMS MOBILITY OPERATIONS//
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.BASS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED MCWP 3-17.8 COMBINED ARMS MOBILITY OPERATIONS; EFFECTIVE 10 AUGUST 2011.  PUBLISHING OF THIS NEW DOCTRINAL PUBLICATION CANCELS MCWP 3-17.3 MAGTF BREACHING OPERATIONS AND MCWP 3-17.1 COMBINED ARMS GAP-CROSSING OPERATIONS. MCWP 3-17.8 IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL. 
2.  BACKGROUND.  THIS PUBLICATION IS DUAL-DESIGNATED WITH THE ARMY AS A SINGLE-SOURCE DOCUMENT WHICH PROVIDES DOCTRINE THAT IS ORIENTED ON THE REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM AND BELOW.  IT PROVIDES COMMANDERS AND STAFFS THE DOCTRINE NEEDED TO CONDUCT THOSE COMBINED ARMS OPERATIONS THAT OVERCOME OBSTACLES AND ENABLE MANEUVER AND THOSE THAT PRIMARILY ENABLE MOVEMENT.  THE ARMY DESIGNATOR FOR THIS PUBLICATION IS ATTP 3-90.4.   
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.  UNITS WILL RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES OF MCWP 3-17.8 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 000163 00.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN RICHARD P. MILLS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT  FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//