R 192142Z FEB 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 090/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED MCRP 2-3A INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD AND BATTLESPACE//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO/P5600.31/-//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR. J.A. BASS/CIV/UNIT:MID/-/TEL: DSN 278-3616/TEL: COML (703) 784-3616/EMAIL: JOHN.BASS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION RECENTLY APPROVED MCRP 2-3A, INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD AND BATTLESPACE; PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2009.  THIS PUBLICATION WAS DUAL DESIGNATED WITH THE ARMY AS FM 2-01.3, MCRP 2-3A AND IS A SINGLE-SOURCE DOCUMENT WHICH PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDAMENTALS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD AND BATTLESPACE (IPB).  IT DESCRIBES IPB, ITS USE IN DIRECTING THE INTELLIGENCE EFFORT, AND ITS ROLE IN DRIVING THE MAGTF STAFF'S PLANNING FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS.
2. 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 ORDERING PURPOSES, PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS: 144 000141 00.  MCRP 2-3A 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).
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.//