R 161340Z JAN 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 035/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (MCWP) 3-17.2, MAGTF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL//
REF/A/MCO/5600.31A/ARD/17 JUL 2012//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PRINTING AND PUBLISHING REGULATIONS//
POC/MR J. A. BASS/CIV/CD AND I, CDD, MID/QUANTICO VA/TEL DSN 278-3616 OR COML (703) 784-3616/EMAIL: JOHN.BASS(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED MCWP 3-17.2, MAGTF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL; DATED 14 NOVEMBER 2012.  MCWP 3-17.2 IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:SLASHSLASHWWWDOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2.  BACKGROUND.  MCWP 3-17.2, MAGTF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL, IS A REVISION OF AN EXISTING PUBLICATION.  MCWP 3-17.2 DEFINES THE PRINCIPLES FOR STRUCTURING AND CONDUCTING EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) OPERATIONS ACROSS A RANGE OF OPERATIONS IN ALL OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLICATION IS TO ESTABLISH EOD FORCE COMMAND AND CONTROL PRINCIPLES, CONCEPTS, PROCEDURES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES FROM THE HIGHEST-LEVEL HEADQUARTERS THROUGH INTERMEDIATE HEADQUARTERS TO THE EOD FORCE SINGLE POINTS OF CONTACT. THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THIS DOCUMENT ENABLE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND SAFE EMPLOYMENT OF AVAILABLE EOD FORCES TO SUPPORT A RANGE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SUPPORT OF MAGTF OPERATIONS WITHIN THE JOINT SERVICE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HOMELAND DEFENSE MISSION.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS.  REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.  UNITS WILL RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES OF MCWP 3-17.2 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 IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS:  143 000121 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.//