R 020022Z JUL 14
MARADMIN 322/14
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION 3-40.2/INFORMATION MANAGEMENT//
REF/A/DOC/ARD/17JUL12//
AMPN/REFERENCE (REF) A, MARINE CORPS ORDER 5600.31A, IS MARINE CORPS PRINTING AND PUBLISHING//
POC/JEFFREY SCOFIELD/LTCOL/CDD/TEL DSN 278-6217/COML (703)784-6217/EMAIL: JEFFREY.SCOFIELD(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/l. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED MCWP 3-40.2 "INFORMATION MANAGEMENT" DATED 18 JUN 2014. MCWP 3-40.2 IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:(SLANT)(SLANT)WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2.BACKGROUND.
(A) MCWP 3-40.2, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, IS A FORWARD LOOKING PUBLICATION THAT UPDATES AND CAPTURES LESSONS LEARNED SINCE THE PREVIOUS VERSION WAS PUBLISHED IN 2002. MCWP 3-40.2 BUILDS ON THE DOCTRINAL FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED IN MARINE CORPS DOCTRINAL PUBLICATION (MCDP) 6, COMMAND AND CONTROL. SINCE THE PUBLISHING OF MCDP 6, TECHNOLOGY HAS PROVIDED SOLUTIONS TO FACILITATE MORE EFFECTIVE COMMAND AND CONTROL, BUT THE SEAMS BETWEEN INTEGRATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS HAVE LEFT WARFIGHTERS WITH COLLABORATION CHALLENGES THAT BURDEN AND DISTRACT USERS IN THE FIGHT.
(B) THIS PUBLICATION SERVES AS THE AUTHORITATIVE REFERENCE FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND INTRODUCES KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, HIGHLIGHTING ITS RELATIONSHIP TO COMMAND AND CONTROL.
3.COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS. REF A DETAILS STEPS REQUIRED TO REQUEST PUBLICATION HARD COPIES. HOWEVER, THIS PUBLICATION WILL BE DISSEMINATED VIA ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ONLY, UNLESS COMMANDERS SUBMIT COMPELLING NEEDS JUSTIFICATION FOR PRINTED COPIES. UNITS REQUIRING PRINT ALLOCATIONS MUST FOLLOW PROCEDURES IDENTIFIED IN REF A, PARAGRAPH 4A(2). FOR MARINE CORPS PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS 143 000094 00.
4.THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL K. J. GLUECK, JR., DEPUTY COMMANDANT, COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//