R 242034Z Nov 08
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 669/08
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED MARINE CORPS INTERIM /PUBLICATION (MCIP) 3-16.02 MARINE ROCKET BATTERY OPERATIONS//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO/P5600.31/-//
POC/MR J. A. BASS/YA-03/DCI, CDD, MID/LOC: (703) 784-3616
/EMAIL: JOHN.BASS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS RECENTLY APPROVED MCIP 3-16.02, MARINE ROCKET BATTERY OPERATIONS; PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2008.  THIS PUBLICATION IS A SINGLE-SOURCE DOCUMENT WHICH PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE FUNDAMENTALS, ORGANIZATION, SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS, AND TACTICAL CONSIDERTAIONS USED BY HIGH MOBILITY ARTILLERY ROCKET SYSTEM
(HIMARS) EQUIPPED UNITS IN SUPPORT OF MAGTF OPERATIONS.  THIS PUBLICATION PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR FIELD ARTILLERY COMMANDERS AT THE BATTERY LEVEL FOR THE EFFICIENT EXERCISE OF ARTILLERY ROCKET AND MISSILE OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE MAGTF.  FOR ORDERING PURPOSES, PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS: 146 000007 00.
2.  UNITS WILL SOON BE RECEIVING PRINTED COPIES OF THESE DOCTRINAL PUBLICATIONS 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 THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
4.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//