R 032310Z JUN 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 321/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 3-40.5A, MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES FOR REPROGRAMMING ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS (EW)//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO P5600.31G/MCCDC/-/23SEP1993//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR D. L. LISTER/CIV/UNIT:CDI, CDD, MID/QUANTICO VA/TEL: (703) 432-8493/EMAIL: DENNIS.LISTER@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION'S CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE (CDD) AND THE AIR LAND SEA APPLICATION (ALSA) CENTER HAVE PUBLISHED A REVISED MCRP 3-40.5A, MULTISERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR REPROGRAMMING ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS (EW), DATED 1 FEBRUARY 2011.  REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.
2.  BACKGROUND.  THIS MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES (MTTP) PUBLICATION PROVIDES A SINGLE-SOURCE REFERENCE FOR EW REPROGRAMMING.  IT DESCRIBES EW REPROGRAMMING, THE EW REPROGRAMMING PROCESS, REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR COORDINATING REPROGRAMMING DURING JOINT AND MULTI-SERVICE OPERATIONS, SERVICES' REPROGRAMMING PROCESSES, ORGANIZATIONAL POINTS OF CONTACT, AND REPROGRAMMING DATABASES AND TOOLS.  FOUR SERVICES (ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS), HAVE SIGNED THIS PUBLICATION.  IT APPLIES TO COMMANDERS, MISSION PLANNERS, AND OPERATORS INVOLVED IN EW REPROGRAMMING ACTIONS.  IT IS UNCLASSIFIED WITH RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT D, IN ACCORDANCE WITH DODD 5230.24.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  MCRP 3-40.5A MAY BE DOWNLOADED VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEB SITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL. THE MTTP CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE ALSA WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWWMIL.ALSA.MIL.  UNITS WILL BE RECEIVING PRINTED COPIES OF MCRP 3-40.5A 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 144 000199 00.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//