UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 633/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 3-01A, RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP//
REF/A/MCO/5600.31/ARD/26 APR 2010//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PRINTING AND PUBLICATIONS REGULATIONS//
POC/MR J. A. BASS/CIV/CD&I, CDD, MID/QUANTICO VA/TEL DSN 278-3616 OR COML (703) 784-3616/EMAIL: JOHN.BASS@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED MCRP 3-01A "RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP"; EFFECTIVE 11 OCTOBER 2012.  MCRP 3-01A IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2.  BACKGROUND.  MCRP 3-01A IS A SINGLE-SOURCE DOCUMENT WHICH PROVIDES THE DOCTRINAL BASIS FOR THE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES TAUGHT WITHIN THE MARINE CORPS COMBAT MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM.  THIS PUBLICATION IS INTENDED TO BE USED AS A REFERENCE GUIDE CONCERNING MARKSMANSHIP SKILLS FOR UNIT COMMANDERS, TRAINERS, AND INDIVIDUAL MARINES.  MCRP 3-01A SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION DEVELOPED BY MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAMS MANAGEMENT SECTION, WEAPONS TRAINING BATTALION, TRAINING & EDUCATION COMMAND, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA FOR USE THROUGHOUT THE MARINE CORPS.  THIS PUBLICATION ALSO PROVIDES THE DOCTRINAL BASIS FOR BASIC MARKSMANSHIP SKILLS CONTAINED IN THE FUNDAMENTAL RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP FIRING TABLES AND ADVANCED MARKSMANSHIP SKILLS CONTAINED IN THE ADVANCED COMBAT RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP FIRING TABLES.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  REF A DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.  UNITS WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES OF MCRP 3-01A VIA THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (MCPDS).  HOWEVER, THIS PUBLICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ONLY UNLESS COMMANDERS SUBMIT COMPELLING NEED JUSTIFICATION FOR PRINTED COPIES.  UNITS REQUIRING PRINT ALLOCATIONS MUST FOLLOW PROCEDURES IDENTIFIED IN REF (A), PARAGRAPH 4A(2).  FOR MCPDS IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS 144 000091 00.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN RICHARD P. MILLS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//