R 081543Z SEP 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 511/11
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 3-25.4B, MARINE AIR-GROUND TASK FORCE (MAGTF) AVIATION SITE COMMAND HANDBOOK//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO 5600.31/ARD/YMD:26APR2010//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR J. A. BASS/CIV/UNIT:CDD, MID/QUANTICO VA/TEL:DSN 278-3616 OR COML (703) 784-3616/EMAIL: JOHN.BASS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED MCRP 3-25.4B "MARINE AIR-GROUND TASK FORCE (MAGTF) AVIATION SITE COMMAND HANDBOOK"; DATED 17 AUGUST 2011. MCRP 3-25.4B IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2.  BACKGROUND.  THIS PUBLICATION IS A SINGLE-SOURCE DOCUMENT WHICH EXAMINES THE PURPOSE AND MISSION OF SITE COMMAND AND THE SITE COMMANDERS REQUISITE COMMAND AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE AVIATION COMBAT ELEMENT (ACE).  THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SITE'S RESPONSIBILITY UNDER ONE COMMANDER AFFECTS THE TRADITIONAL ROLES AND COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS AT FORWARD OPERATING BASES, AND REQUIRES CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS TO THE ACE'S EXISTING COMMAND AND CONTROL STRUCTURE.  BY CLARIFYING THESE ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMAND, THIS PUBLICATION WILL ASSIST MARINE CORPS AVIATION UNITS IN THE APPLICATION OF THE SITE COMMANDER CONCEPT AND SUPPORT THE ACE'S MISSION.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  REF A DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.  UNITS WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES OF MCRP 3-25.4B VIA THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (MCPDS).  HOWEVER, THIS PUBLICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ONLY UNLESS USING UNITS 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: 144 000192 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.//