MARADMINS : 001/07
R 031854Z JAN 07
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN 001/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CG MCCDC QUANTICO VA/MCWL//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED WORKS ON COUNTERINSURGENCY
AND COUNTERING IRREGULAR THREATS//
POC/KING/COL/CONCEPTS AND PLANS, MCWL/-/TEL/DSN: 378-8143 OR COML:
(703) 432-8143.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THE MARINE CORPS
HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL NEW PUBLICATIONS TO ADDRESS COUNTERINSURGENCY
(COIN) OPERATIONS AND COUNTERING IRREGULAR THREATS. THE PUBLICATIONS
HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO MARINE CORPS LEADERSHIP AND ARE BEING MADE
AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE MARINE CORPS AS IDENTIFIED BELOW IN PARAGRAPH 5.
2. THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS HAVE
RELEASED THE LATEST COUNTERINSURGENCY DOCTRINAL FIELD MANUAL, MCWP
3-33.5 (FM 3-24). THIS MANUAL IS DESIGNED TO FILL A DOCTRINAL GAP IN
THAT IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE THE U.S. ARMY PUBLISHED A MANUAL
DEVOTED TO COIN OPERATIONS, AND 25 YEARS SINCE THE MARINE CORPS
PUBLISHED ITS LAST COIN MANUAL. WITH OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS FIGHTING
INSURGENTS IN BOTH AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE A
MANUAL THAT PROVIDES PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR COIN OPERATIONS.
3. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW COIN DOCTRINE, THE MARINE CORPS HAS
DEVELOPED THE SMALL UNIT LEADER'S GUIDE TO COUNTERINSURGENCY
(MCIP 3-33.01). THIS MANUAL, AIMED AT COMPANY LEVEL AND BELOW, IS A
COLLECTION OF TACTICS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES THAT REPRESENT THE
CURRENT COIN BEST PRACTICES DERIVED FROM AMERICAN, AND COALITION
SOURCES. WRITTEN BY SMALL UNIT LEADERS, THESE TTPS PROVIDE PROVEN
METHODS FOR REFERENCE AND ARE NOT PRESCRIPTIVE. THIS DOCUMENT IS
UNCLASSIFIED AND FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY.
4. THE TENTATIVE MANUAL FOR COUNTERING IRREGULAR THREATS: AN
UPDATED APPROACH TO COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS PROVIDES OUR
CONCEPTUAL APPROACH AND WAS PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2006. THE CONCEPT,
AIMED AT BATTALION LEVEL AND ABOVE, RECOGNIZES THAT THE PROBLEMS
ASSOCIATED WITH COUNTERING IRREGULAR THREATS ARE COMPLEX, DYNAMIC,
AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THE MARINE CORPS MUST ATTACK THESE PROBLEMS
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JOINT AND INTERAGENCY COMMUNITIES AND OUR
MULTINATIONAL ALLIES.
5. HARD COPY DISTRIBUTION AND ELECTRONIC ACCESS IS TO ASSIST ALL
HANDS IN OBTAINING, UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTING THE NEW
PUBLICATIONS. THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AND WILL BE MADE
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (MCPDS).
A. THE COUNTERINSURGENCY DOCTRINAL FIELD MANUAL, MCWP 3-33.5
(FM 3-24) PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBERS (PCN) 14300012400, AND THE
"TENTATIVE MANUAL FOR COUNTERING IRREGULAR THREATS" (PCN DOCUMENTS
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SEPCOR WHEN AVAILABLE) ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING
AT WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL AND WWW.MCWL.USMC.MIL RESPECTIVELY.
B. THE SMALL UNIT LEADER'S GUIDE TO COIN (MCIP 3-33.01) IS
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.SMIL.MIL. CHARTS AND GRAPH
FROM THE PUBLICATION ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR DOWNLOAD AT
HTTP: (SLASH) (SLASH)WWW.MCWL.USMC.MIL(SLASH)CONCEPTS(SLASH)
SULG_CHARTS.CFM. HARD COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH MCPDS USING THE
PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER OF PCN 14600000600.//