R 131943Z FEB 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0092/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING
PUBLICATION  (MCWP) 3-40.8, MARINE CORPS COMPONENCY//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO/P5600.31/-//
POC/MR J. A. BASS/YA-03/UNIT:CDD, MID QUANTICO VA NAME: (703) 784-3616 EMAIL: JOHN.BASS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS RECENTLY APPROVED MCWP 3-40.8, MARINE CORPS COMPONENCY; PUBLISHED XXX 2009.  MCWP 3-40.8 ADDRESSES THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF MARINE CORPS COMPONENCY.  THIS NEWEST VERSION ADDRESSES FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN WARFIGHTING COMPONENCY DOCTRINE THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE 11 SEPTEMBER 2001. IT DESCRIBES THE ROLE OF THE MARINE CORPS COMPONENT COMMANDER WITHIN A COMBATANT COMMAND OR JOINT TASK FORCE AND PROVIDES MARINE CORPS COMMANDERS AND THEIR STAFFS WITH BROAD GUIDANCE ON COMPONENCY ISSUES.  FOR ORDERING PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER (PCN) IS: 143 000053 00.
2.  SELECTED UNITS WILL SOON BE RECEIVING PRINTED COPIES OF THIS DOCTRINAL PUBLICATION 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. 
3.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
4.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//