R 192140Z FEB 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 089/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MCWP 3-40.3, MAGTF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO P5600.31/-/-//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/D. WELT/LTCOL/UNIT:C2ID/-/TEL: DSN 278-6183/TEL: COML (703)784-6183/ EMAIL:DOUGLAS.WELT@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION RECENTLY APPROVED MCWP 3-40.3 "MAGTF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM" PUBLISHED JANUARY 2010. THIS REVISION SUPERSEDES MCWP 3-40.3 "COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS" DTD 16 NOV 1998. REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.
2. BACKGROUND.  MCWP 3-40.3 PRESENTS DOCTRINE, TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES (TTP) FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT MAGTF COMMAND AND CONTROL. IT BUILDS ON THE UNDERLYING APPROACH TO COMMAND AND CONTROL DESCRIBED IN MARINE CORPS DOCTRINAL PUBLICATION (MCDP) 6 "COMMAND AND CONTROL" AND SUPPORTS THE BASIC WARFIGHTING PHILOSOPHY OF THE MARINE CORPS AS PRESENTED IN MCDP 1 "WARFIGHTING."  FINALLY, IT EMPHASIZES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EFFECTIVE EMPLOYMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND EFFECTIVE COMMAND AND CONTROL, WHICH LEADS TO SUCCESS ON THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD.
3. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  UNITS WILL SOON BE RECEIVING PRINTED COPIES OF MCWP 3-40.3 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: 143 000042 00.  MCWP 3-40.3 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).
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.//