R 201920Z NOV 12  
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 663/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 3-02H, MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR SURVIVAL, EVASION, AND RECOVERY//
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 AND 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 3-02H, MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR SURVIVAL, EVASION, AND RECOVERY, DTD 11 SEP 2012.  MCRP 3-02H IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD 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 TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES (MTTP) PUBLICATION, MCRP 3-02H, PROVIDES A POCKET REFERENCE GUIDE FOR FIELD USE FOR SURVIVAL, EVASION, AND ESCAPE.  IT COMPLEMENTS THE LARGER, MORE COMPREHENSIVE MCRP 3-02F/FM 0-16 OF STANDARD SIZE FORMAT AND 571 PAGES, WHICH IS MORE SUITED AS REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.
    A.  ALL FOUR SERVICES HAVE SIGNED THIS PUBLICATION.
    B.  THIS REVISION UPDATES TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES AND PROVIDES EXPANDED ILLUSTRATIONS AND FIGURES.  A CHAPTER HAS BEEN ADDED PROVIDING USEFUL TECHNIQUES FOR SURVIVING AND EVADING IN URBANIZED ENVIRONMENTS.  THIS PUBLICATION IS INTENDED TO BE THEATER AND CLIMATE NON-SPECIFIC, WHILE PROVIDING MANY SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES FOR SUCCESSFUL SURVIVAL, EVASION, AND RECOVERY.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  REF (A) DETAIL STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.  UNITS WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES OF MCRP 3-02H 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 ALLOCATION MUST FOLLOW PROCEDURES IDENTIFIED IN REF (A), PARAGRAPH 4A(2).  FOR MCPDS IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS 144 000068 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.//