R 141719Z JUL 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 389/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 3-25B, MULTI-SERVICE BREVITY CODES//
REF/A/-/MCO P5600.31G MCCDC/-/23SEP1993//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR D. L. LISTER/CIV/UNIT:MID/NAME:DCB QUANTICO VA/TEL:TEL/EMAIL: (703) 432-8493/EMAIL: DENNIS.LISTER@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATIONS CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE (CDD) AND THE AIR LAND SEA APPLICATION (ALSA) CENTER HAVE PUBLISHED THE REVISED MCRP 3-25B, MULTI-SERVICE BREVITY CODES, DATED APRIL 2010.  REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.
2.  BACKGROUND.  THIS PUBLICATION STANDARDIZES AIR-TO-AIR, AIR-TO-SURFACE, SURFACE-TO-AIR, AND SURFACE-TO-SURFACE BREVITY CODES WITH THE PURPOSE OF EASING COORDINATION AND IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING DURING MULTI-SERVICE OPERATIONS.  A BREVITY CODE IS A CODE WHICH PROVIDES NO SECURITY BUT HAS AS ITS SOLE PURPOSE THE SHORTENING OF MESSAGES RATHER THAN THE CONCEALMENT OF THEIR CONTENT. (JOINT PUBLICATION 3-04) THIS REVISION ADDS NEW TERMS, DELETES OBSOLETE TERMS, AND CHANGES THE MEANING OF SOME TERMS.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  UNITS WERE DISTRIBUTED PRINTED COPIES OF MCRP 3-25B 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 ORDERING PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS 144 000015 00.
MCRP 3-25B MAY ALSO BE DOWNLOADED VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEB SITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL (NOTE:  THE INTERNET ADDRESS MUST BE ENTERED IN LOWER CASE).  THE PUBLICATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE ALSA WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWWMIL.ALSA.MIL.
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.//