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AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS DOCTRINAL PUBLICATION (MCDP) 1-0, MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS
Date Signed: 8/12/2011 | MARADMINS Number: 459/11
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MARADMINS : 459/11

R 121527Z AUG 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 459/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS DOCTRINAL PUBLICATION (MCDP) 1-0, MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO P5600.31G/MCCDC/YMD:23SEP1993//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR J. A. BASS/CIV/UNIT:CDD/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 A REVISED MCDP 1-0 "MARINE CORPS OPERATIONS" DATED 9 AUGUST 2011.  MCDP 1-0 IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2.  BACKGROUND.  THIS EDITION OF MCDP 1-0 REFLECTS THE EVOLUTION IN DIVERSITY OF OPERATIONS, THE EXPANDED APPLICATION OF MARINE CORPS CAPABILITIES, AND THE CHANGING LEXICON ILLUSTRATING HOW OUR COLLECTIVE AMERICAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SECURITY ERA, OUR NATIONAL STRATEGY, OUR ORGANIZATIONS, AND OUR EMPLOYMENT OF MILITARY POWER HAVE EVOLVED DURING NEARLY 10 YEARS OF CONFLICT. IT RECORDS CHANGES TO MARINE CORPS ORGANIZATION AND FORCE POSTURE.  IT DISCUSSES THE USE OF SMALLER MAGTFS AND OTHER, NONSTANDARD FORMATIONS THAT ARE INCREASINGLY EMPLOYED WITH OUR JOINT AND MULTINATIONAL PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE NAVY AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES, AND HOW WE PLAN, EXECUTE, AND ASSESS OUR EXPANDED ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE RANGE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS.  IT PROVIDES CONCISE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS OPERATIONS MARINES MAY CONDUCT AND ELABORATES ON THE VARIOUS TACTICAL OPERATIONS THAT MARINE CORPS COMMANDERS MAY INTEGRATE, IN VARYING DEGREES, TO SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISH ASSIGNED MISSIONS.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.  UNITS WILL BE RECEIVING PRINTED COPIES OF MCDP 1-0 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 142 000014 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.//