R 192138Z FEB 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 088/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MCWP 3-25.7 TACTICAL AIR OPERATIONS CENTER HANDBOOK//
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. DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION'S COMMAND AND CONTROL INTEGRATION DIVISION (C2ID), IN COLLABORATION WITH THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION COMMAND (TECOM), MARINE AVIATION WEAPONS AND TACTICS SQUADRON ONE (MAWTS-1), HAS PUBLISHED AN UPDATED MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION; MCWP 3-25.7 "TACTICAL AIR OPERATIONS CENTER HANDBOOK" DTD JANUARY 2010. REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.
2. BACKGROUND.  MCWP 3-25.7 "TACTICAL AIR OPERATIONS CENTER HANDBOOK" COMPLEMENTS AND EXPANDS MCWP 3-25 "CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES" BY FOCUSING ON TACTICAL AIR OPERATIONS CENTER (TAOC) OPERATIONS AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN INTEGRATED MAGTF, JOINT, AND MULTINATIONAL OPERATIONS. DESIGNATED FOR MAGTF, NAVAL EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AND JOINT FORCE COMMANDERS AND STAFFS, MCWP 3-25.7 HIGHLIGHTS TAOC ORGANIZATION, EQUIPMENT, PLANNING, AND OPERATIONS.  MCWP 3-25.7 PROVIDES THE REQUISITE INFORMATION NEEDED BY COMMANDERS AND STAFFS TO UNDERSTAND AND EVALUATE THE OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND CAPABILITIES OF VARIOUS TAOC EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS.  THE APPLICABLE CONTENT OF MCWP 3-25.6  "SECTOR ANTIAIR WARFARE COORDINATOR HANDBOOK" OF 1 AUGUST 1997 HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS PUBLICATION AND IS NOW CANCELLED.
3. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  UNITS WILL SOON BE RECEIVING PRINTED COPIES OF MCWP 3-25.7 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 PUBLICAITON CONTROL NUMBER IS 143 000012 00.  MCWP 3-25.7 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.//