R 132047Z SEP 07
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN
UNCLAS
MARADMIN 544/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MCWP 3-31.8, DEFENSE OF THE EXPEDITIONARY
STRIKE GROUP (ESG)//
REF/A/MCO/P5600.31/MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING
/REGULATIONS//
POC/MR D.B. GROVES/GS/SID QUANTICO VA/TEL/DSN: 278-6227 OR COML:
/(703) 784-6227/EMAIL: DAVID.GROVES@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND
INTEGRATION'S SEABASING INTEGRATION DIVISION (SID), IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE NAVY WARFARE DEVELOPMENT COMMAND (NWDC), HAS PUBLISHED A
NEW MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION; MCWP 3-31.8, DEFENSE OF THE
ESG, DTD SEP 06.  REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST
PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.
2.  BACKGROUND.  THE DEFENSE OF THE ESG MCWP PROVIDES THE TATICS,
TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES TO DETER, DETECT, DEFEND AGAINST, AND
MITIGATE ATTACKS AGAINST AN ESG.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  UNITS WILL SOON BE RECEIVING PRINTED
COPIES OF MCWP 3-31.8 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.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN AMOS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT
DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//