R 031612Z APR 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 184/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (MCWP) 3-37.4, MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE//
REF/A/MCO/5600.31/ARD/26 APR 2010//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTING 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 A REVISED MCWP 3-37.4 "MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE" DATED 25 MARCH 2013. REF (A) DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES.
2. BACKGROUND. ATP 3-11.37/MCWP 3-37.4/NTTP 3-11.29/AFTTP 3-2.44 IS A MULTI-SERVICE PUBLICATION WITH ARMY AS THE LEAD SERVICE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLICATION IS TO PROVIDE A STANDARDIZED REFERENCE FOR USE BY ALL SERVICES WHILE CONDUCTING CBRN RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE. IT SERVES AS A BASIS FOR DEVELOPING SERVICE-SPECIFIC MANUALS AND TACTICAL LEVEL STANDING OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPS), REFINING EXISTING TRAINING SUPPORT PACKAGES AND MISSION TRAINING PLANS, INFORMING TRAINING CENTER AND UNIT EXERCISES, GUIDING SERVICE SCHOOL CURRICULA, AND DRIVES THE EXAMINATION OF ORGANIZATIONS AND MATERIEL DEVELOPMENTS APPLICABLE TO MILITARY SUPPORT OF CBRN RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE.
3. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS. REF A DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES. UNITS WOULD NORMALLY RECEIVE PRINTED COPIES OF MCWP 3-37.4 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 143 000146 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.//