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MARADMIN 495/14
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJECT/UPDATE TO AIR ASSAULT TERMS FOR USE IN MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION (MCWP)  3-11.4//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/21AUG12//
AMPN/REFERENCE (REF) A IS MCBUL 5603, MARINE CORPS DOCTRINAL PROPONENCY ASSIGNMENT POC/RODNEY WILSON/MAJ/CDD/TEL DSN 378-8440//COML (703)432-8440 EMAIL: RODNEY.WILSON(AT)USMC.MIL//
ALTERNATE POC/ROBERT EMERSON/MAJ/CDD/TEL DSN 278-9686/COML (703)784-9686/EMAIL: ROBERT.H.EMERSON(AT)USMC.MIL//
RMKS/ 1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A, MCWP 3-11.4 IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED BY CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE (CDD).
2. BACKGROUND.  CDD, IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH MARINE AVIATION WEAPONS AND TACTICS SQUADRON MAWTS-1 AND MARINE CORPS TACTICS & OPERATIONS GROUP, HAVE DEVELOPED CHANGES TO AVIATION TERMINOLOGY. THE ATTACHED LIST WAS REVIEWED BY THE OPERATING FORCES VIA MARINE CORPS ACTION TRACKING SYSTEM EARLIER THIS YEAR. ALL COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECONCILED. DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD, PRIOR TO RELEASE OF THE NEXT VERSION OF MCWP 3-11.4, THIS MARINE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE SERVES AS OFFICIAL NOTICE OF APPROVED TERMINOLOGY CHANGES.
3. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF TERMINOLOGY MODIFICATIONS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ACCEPTED OR CANCELLED TERMS, REFER TO THE DOCTRINE WEBSITE: HTTPS://WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL/MAIN.ASP, UNDER MCWP 3-11.4.
READ IN TWO COLUMNS.
TERM       ACTION
ASSAULT SUPPORT HELICOPTER  REPLACE WITH ASSAULT SUPPORT
AIRCRAFT.
HELICOPTER ASSAULT FORCE  REPLACE WITH AIR ASSAULT FORCE OR
MARINE
      AIR ASSAULT TASK FORCE.
HELICOPTER DIRECTION CENTER  REPLACE WITH AMPHIBIOUS AIR TRAFFIC
      CONTROL CENTER.
HELICOPTER EMPLOYMENT AND ASSAULT  REPLACE WITH ASSAULT SUPPORT
LANDING
LANDING TABLE      TABLE.
HELICOPTER LANDING DIAGRAM  REPLACE WITH LANDING ZONE DIAGRAM.
HELICOPTER LANDING ZONE RECONNAISSANCE REPLACE WITH LANDING ZONE
      RECONNAISSANCE.
HELICOPTER WAVE AND SERIAL ASSIGNMENT  REPLACE WITH ASSAULT SUPPORT
SERIAL
TABLE      ASSIGNMENT TABLE.
HELICOPTERBORNE ASSAULT   REPLACE WITH AIR ASSAULT.
HELICOPTERBORNE OPERATIONS  REPLACE WITH AIR ASSAULT OPERATIONS.
HELICOPTERBORNE UNIT COMMANDER   REPLACE WITH AIR ASSAULT FORCE
      COMMANDER.
LANDING ZONE CONTROL PARTY  USA TERM DISCONTINUED IN USMC
      PUBLICATIONS. THERE IS NO
FORMAL MARINE
CORPS REPLACEMENT FOR THIS TERM.
LOGISTICS ASSAULT BASE   USA TERM DISCONTINUED IN USMC
      PUBLICATIONS. THERE IS NO
FORMAL MARINE CORPS REPLACEMENT FOR THE TERM.
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.//