R 152027Z NOV 12
UNCLASSIFIED/ MARADMIN 654/12 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 3-25B, MULTI-SERVICE BREVITY CODES (BREVITY)//
REF/A/MCO/5600.31A/ARD/17 JUL 2012//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PRINTING AND PUBLISHING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR D. L. LISTER/CIV/CD&I, CDD, MID/QUANTICO VA /TEL/DSN: 378-8493 OR COML: (703) 432-8493/EMAIL: DENNIS.LISTER@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT  AND INTEGRATION'S CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE (CDD) AND  THE AIR LAND SEA APPLICATION (ALSA) CENTER HAVE PUBLISHED THE  REVISED MCRP 3-25B, MULTI-SERVICE BREVITY CODES (BREVITY), DTD  20 SEP 2012.  MCRP 3-25B MAY BE DOWNLOADED VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE  WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.  THE MTTP CAN  ALSO BE FOUND ON THE ALSA WEBSITE AT  HTTPS: SLASHSLASHWWWMIL.ALSA.MIL.
2.  BACKGROUND.  THIS MULTI-SERVICE BREVITY CODES PUBLICATION,  MCRP 3-25B, STANDARDIZES AIR-TO-AIR, AIR-TO-SURFACE, SURFACE- TO-AIR, AND SURFACE-TO-SURFACE BREVITY CODES.
 A.  THE SCOPE OF THIS PUBLICATION IS LIMITED TO THOSE  (VOICE) BREVITY CODES USED IN MULTI-SERVICE OPERATIONS AND DOES  NOT INCLUDE WORDS UNIQUE TO SINGLE-SERVICE OPERATIONS.  A BREVITY  CODE, PER JOINT PUBLICATION 3-04, IS A CODE WHICH PROVIDES NO  SECURITY BUT WHICH HAS AS ITS SOLE PURPOSE THE SHORTENING OF  MESSAGES RATHER THAN THE CONCEALMENT OF THEIR CONTENT.
 B.  THIS REVISION IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES DATING BACK INTO  THE 1990S.  ALL FOUR SERVICES HAVE SIGNED THIS PUBLICATION.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO  REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.  UNITS WILL BE RECEIVING PRINTED  COPIES OF MCRP 3-25B 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.  FOR MCPDS ORDERING PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION  CONTROL NUMBER IS 144 000015 00.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN RICHARD P. MILLS, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//