R 291429Z JUL 09
MARADMIN 0450/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/CANCELLATION AND REPLACEMENT OF MCWP 3-15.6 SPECIAL FORCES MILITARY FREEFALL OPERATIONS//
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 278-3616/TEL: COML (703) 784-3616/ EMAIL: JOHN.BASS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION CANCELLED MCWP 3-15.6, SPECIAL FORCES MILITARY FREEFALL OPERATIONS; LAST PUBLISHED APR 2005.  THE OPERATING FORCES, THE PROPONENT, AND THE DOCTRINE INTEGRATOR HAVE AGREED THAT THE PUBLICATION IS OUTDATED AND INEFFECTIVE DUE TO THE FACT THAT CURRENT MARINE CORPS FREEFALL EQUIPMENT (MMPS) AND PROCEDURES WERE NOT CONTAINED IN THE EXISTING PUB.  THIS PUBLICATION WAS DUAL-DESIGNATED WITH THE US ARMY AS FM 3-05.211.
2.  MCCDC AND MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND HAVE COORDINATED ON THE USE OF TECHNICAL MANUAL 70244A-OA, U.S. MARINE CORPS MILITARY FREEFALL OPERATIONS, PUBLISHED JUL 2006.  THIS MANUAL IS THE SINGLE-SOURCE DOCUMENT WHICH DESCRIBES THE PROCEDURES, TECHNIQUES, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF U.S. MARINE CORPS MILITARY FREEFALL OPERATIONS.
3.  UNITS DESIRING COPIES CAN ORDER VIA THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (MCPDS), COORDINATING WITH THEIR INTERNAL S-1 OR ADMIN SECTIONS.  FOR ORDERING PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS:  18470244000.  THE TM MAY ALSO BE DOWNLOADED VIA THE MCLB ALBANY PUBLICATIONS WEB SITE:HTTPS:SLASHSLASHPUBS.ALA.USMC.MIL/FRONT.HTM.
4.  THE ALTERNATE POINT OF CONTACT IS W. T. O'HARA/CIV/MCSC/TEL: DSN 278-1022/TEL: COML: (703) 784-1022/ EMAIL: WARREN.O'HARA@USMC.MIL.
5.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//