R 021312Z APR 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 196/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/CANCELLATION OF MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS 3-15.2A MORTARS AND MCRP 3-15.2B, MORTAR GUNNERY//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO/P5600.31/-//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/J. A. BASS/YA-03/UNIT:MID/-/TEL: DSN 278-3616021312Z Apr 10/TEL: COML (703) 784-3616/ EMAIL:JOHN.BASS@USMC.MIL//
POC/CLARK/CIV/UNIT:FMID/-/TEL: DSN 278-6182/TEL: COML (703) 784-6182/ EMAIL:CHARLES.CLARK1@USMC.MIL//
POC/TOM SIVERTS/MAJ/UNIT:MARDET FORT BENNING, GA/-/TEL: DSN 835-7844/TEL: COML (706) 545-7844/ EMAIL:THOMAS.SIVERTS@US.ARMY.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION CANCELLED MCRP 3-15.2A "MORTARS" AND MCRP 3-15.2B "MORTAR GUNNERY".  FM 3-22.90 "MORTARS" AND FM 3-22.91 "MORTAR FIRE DIRECTION CENTER" ARE SINGLE SOURCE ARMY FIELD MANUALS SIGNED IN DECEMBER 2007 AND JULY 2008, RESPECTIVELY.  THE PRECEDING PUBLICATIONS, FM 23-90 "MORTARS" AND FM 23-91 "MORTAR GUNNERY" WERE ERRONEOUSLY DUAL-DESIGNATED IN MARCH 2000 AS MCRP 3-15.2A AND MCRP 3-15.2B, RESPECTIVELY.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE MARINE CORPS MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPERLY PARTNER WITH, UPDATE, AND DUAL-DESIGNATE THE CURRENT SUBJECT FIELD MANUALS.
2.  A REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK MESSAGE WAS STAFFED TO THE OPERATING FORCES VIA MCATS WITH ALL MARFORS RESPONDING AND CONCURRING WITH THE PROPONENT AND THE DOCTRINE INTEGRATOR.  WITH OVERWHELMING CONCURRENCE, BOTH PUBLICATIONS WERE DEEMED OUTDATED, NOT VIABLE OR IN USE, AND THEREFORE RECOMMENDED TO BE CANCELLED.
3.  THE PROPONENT, DOCTRINE INTEGRATOR, AND OPERATING FORCES COORDINATED ON THE ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF FM 3-22.90 "MORTARS" AND FM 3-22.91 "MORTAR FIRE DIRECTION PROCEDURES" AS INTERIM REFERENCE MATERIAL.  THESE FIELD MANUALS CAN BE USED AS REFERENCE MATERIAL UNTIL THE ARMY'S NEXT REVISION CYCLE IN 2011-2012.  AT THAT TIME, THE MARINE CORPS WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE REVISION PROCESS AND SEEK OFFICIAL DUAL-DESIGNATION.
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.//