R 022002Z SEP 09
MARADMIN 0534/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED MCWP 3-40.9, OPSEC//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO/P5600.31/-//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR J. A. BASS/YA-03/UNIT:CDD/NAME: (703) 784-3616/EMAIL: JOHN.BASS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION RECENTLY APPROVED MCWP 3-40.9 "OPERATIONS SECURITY"PUBLISHED MAY 2009.  THIS PUBLICATION WAS DUAL-DESIGNATED WITH THE NAVY AS NTTP 3-54M/MCWP 3-40.9 AND IS A SINGLE-SOURCE DOCUMENT WHICH PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDAMENTALS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR OPSEC.  THIS PUBLICATION PROMOTES OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS BY HELPING PREVENT THE INADVERTENT COMPROMISE OF SENSITIVE OR CLASSIFIED ACTIVITIES, CAPABILITIES, OR INTENTIONS.
2.  UNITS WILL RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES VIA THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.  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: 143 000158 00. MCWP 3-40.9 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.//