R 191530Z DEC 12   
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 725/12
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 3-16.6A, MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES (MTTP) FOR THE JOINT APPLICATION OF FIREPOWER (JFIRE)//
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(AT)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 3-16.6A, MTTP FOR THE JOINT APPLICATION OF FIREPOWER (JFIRE), DTD NOVEMBER 2012.  MCRP 3-16.6A 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 MTTP PUBLICATION, MCRP 3-16.6A, IS A POCKET-SIZED, QUICK-REFERENCE GUIDE FOR REQUESTING FIRE SUPPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES.  JFIRE CONTAINS CALLS FOR FIRE, A FORMAT FOR JOINT AIR STRIKE REQUESTS, CLOSE AIR SUPPORT (CAS) COORDINATION AND PLANNING PROCEDURES, COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE, AND WEAPONS DATA.
    A.  JFIRE APPLIES TO THE TACTICAL AND SPECIAL OPERATING FORCES OF THE ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND AIR FORCE.  IT IS A US UNILATERAL-ONLY DOCUMENT, BUT INCLUDES SOME NATO FORMATS WHERE APPROPRIATE.  INFORMATION IN JFIRE HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM EXISTING SERVICE DIRECTIVES.  IT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR USE BY MEMBERS OF BATTALION AND SQUADRON-LEVEL COMBAT UNITS.
    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 3-16.6A 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 000033 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.//