R 091931Z JUL 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0413/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED (MCRP) 3-0C OPERATIONAL TRAINING RANGES REQUIRED CAPABILITIES//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO P5600.31/-/-//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING REGULATIONS.//
POC/J. A. BASS/YA-3/UNIT:MID/NAME: 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 3-0C 'OPERATIONAL TRAINING RANGES REQUIRED CAPABILITIES.'  THIS PUBLICATION IS THE SOURCE DOCUMENT FOR MANAGERS AND OPERATORS OF MARINE CORPS RANGE COMPLEXES, MARINE AIR-GROUND TASK FORCE COMMANDERS AND STAFFS, JOINT FORCES, AND OTHER SERVICES DESCRIBING REQUIRED CAPABILITIES FOR THE ENTIRE MARINE CORPS RANGE INFRASTRUCTURE.  IT CATEGORIZES AND QUANTIFIES THE REQUIRED CAPABILITIES OF MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL TRAINING RANGES AND PROVIDES AN OVERARCHING STRATEGY FOR THE RANGES.
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, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS: 144 000169 00.  MCRP 3-0C MAY ALSO BE DOWNLOADED VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEB SITE AT HTTPS:SLANTSLANTWWW.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.//