MARADMINS : 119/11
R 171838Z FEB 11
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MARADMIN 119/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (MCWP) 3-37.7, MTTP FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ELIMINATION OPERATIONS //
REF/A/MSGID:MCO P5600.31G/MCCDC/23SEP1993//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/WESLEY HOFFEREK/CWO3/UNIT:CDI, CDD, FPID/NAME:QUANTICO VA/TEL:TEL /TEL:COML (703) 784-6686/EMAIL: WESLEY.HOFFEREK@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED A NEW MCWP 3-37.7 "MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ELIMINATION OPERATIONS" DTD 10 DECEMBER 2010. REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.
2. BACKGROUND. THIS PUBLICATION IS TO PROVIDE TACTICAL-LEVEL GUIDANCE AND FOCUSED TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES TO MULTI-SERVICE FORCES CONDUCTING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (WMD) ELIMINATION OPERATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE THOSE ACTIONS TO SYSTEMATICALLY LOCATE, CHARACTERIZE, SECURE, CONTROL, DISABLE, AND/OR TRANSPORT TO A SAFE LOCATION-OR DESTROY ON SITE-WMD, THEIR COMPONENTS, AND NONWEAPONIZED AGENTS, AND CONDUCT RELATED ACTIVITIES IN PERMISSIVE, UNCERTAIN, OR HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS.
3. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS. MCWP 3-37.7 IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEB SITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL. UNITS WILL BE RECEIVING PRINTED COPIES OF MCWP 3-37.7 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 143000161 00.
4. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//