UNCLASSIFIED/
R 141703Z AUG 14
MARADMIN 405/14
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION 6-11 LEADING MARINES//
REF/A/DOC/ARD/17JUL12//
AMPN/REFERENCE (REF) A 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/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (MCWP) 6-11, LEADING MARINES, DATED 01 AUG 2014.  MCWP 6-11 IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:(SLANT)(SLANT)WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2.  BACKGROUND
    (A) MCWP 6-11, LEADING MARINES, DESCRIBES THE LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY THAT DISTINGUISHES THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.  SINCE IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1995, THIS PUBLICATION HAS HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT THROUGHOUT OUR MARINE CORPS GENERATING SPIRITED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MARINE AND HOW TO LEAD MARINES.  AFTER THE LAST 13 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS COMBAT, IT WAS TIME TO UPDATE LEADING MARINES WITH THE STORIES OF THOSE MARINES WHO ADDED TO OUR RICH LEGACY.  OUR CORE VALUES, LEADERSHIP TRAITS, AND LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES ARE GIVEN ADDED EMPHASIS IN THIS EDITION.  GENERAL AMOS SIGNED THE REVISED VERSION OF MCWP 6-11 LEADING MARINES ON 1 AUGUST 2014 AND IT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS:(SLANT)(SLANT)WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL/MCWRP_COMMANDSERIES.ASP.
    (B) THIS PUBLICATION IS NOT A "HOW TO" GUIDE ON LEADERSHIP OR A REFERENCE MANUAL.  RATHER, IT PROVIDES BROAD GUIDANCE IN THE FORM OF CONCEPTS AND VALUES CHRONICLING OUR LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY THROUGH TIME HONORED STORIES WHILE INCORPORATING NEWER STORIES FROM THE LAST 13 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS COMBAT.  OUR PHILOSOPHY OF LEADERSHIP, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION, IS IN CONSONANCE WITH OUR RICH AND STORIED PAST.  MCWP 6-11 PROGRESSES NATURALLY FROM DESCRIBING OUR ETHOS -WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO FOR OUR NATION- TO COVERING THE FOUNDATIONS OF MARINE CORPS LEADERSHIP, AND FINALLY OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES OUR LEADERS FACE.  LEADING MARINES IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY IN OUR CORPS, AND THUS WE MUST EDUCATE THE HEART AND MIND TO PREVAIL ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND IN THE BARRACKS, IN WAR AND IN PEACE.
    (C) YOUR COMMANDANT CHARGES YOU TO READ THE REVISED PUBLICATION AND TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR PEERS, SUBORDINATES, AND SENIORS TO GENERATE THOSE SAME SPIRITED DISCUSSIONS.  YOU SHOULD REFLECT ON, DISCUSS, AND APPLY THE CONCEPTS PRESENTED IN THIS PUBLICATION.  FURTHERMORE, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS TO MENTOR AND DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF MARINE LEADERS.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTION.  THIS PUBLICATION WILL BE DISSEMINATED VIA ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ONLY, UNLESS COMMANDERS SUBMIT COMPELLING 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 000129 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.//