R 282002Z SEP 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 546/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAIL OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED MARINE CORPS INTERIM PUB (MCIP) 3-16.01, TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR LIGHTWEIGHT 155//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO P5600.31G/MCCDC/-/23SEP1993//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR J. A. BASS/CIV/UNIT:CDI, CDD, QUANTICO VA/NAME: (703) 784-3616 /EMAIL: JOHN.BASS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS APPROVED MCIP 3-16.01 "TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR LIGHTWEIGHT 155" PUBLISHED 21 SEP 2010.  THIS PUBLICATION PROVIDES DEVELOPMENTAL TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR AN M777A2 155MM HOWITZER BATTALION, BATTERY, PLATOON, AND SECTION.  THIS PUBLICATION STANDARDIZES PROCEDURES AND PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR FIELD ARTILLERY COMMANDERS AT ALL LEVELS FOR THE EFFECTIVE EXERCISE OF CANNON OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE MARINE AIR-GROUND TASK FORCE.
2.  MCIP 3-16.01 MAY BE DOWNLOADED VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEB SITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.  UNITS WILL RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES 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: 146 00000800. 
3.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
4.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//