R 121959Z MAR 15
MARADMIN 121/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/CANCELLATION OF MCRP 5-12A, OPERATIONAL TERMS AND GRAPHICS//
REF/A/DOC/ARD/17JUL12//
AMPN/REFERENCE (REF) A IS MARINE CORPS PRINTING AND PUBLISHING REGULATIONS//
POC/JEFFREY SCOFIELD/LTCOL/CDD/TEL: DSN 278-6217/TEL: CML 703-784-6217/EMAIL: JEFFREY.SCOFIELD(AT)USMC.MIL//
RMKS/1.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION (DC, CDI) HAS CANCELLED, EFFECTIVE XX FEBRUARY 2015, MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 5-12A, “OPERATIONAL TERMS AND GRAPHICS”; DATED 21 SEPTEMBER 2004. THE COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION INTEGRATOR, PROPONENT, AND PUBLISHER HAVE DETERMINED THAT MILITARY-STANDARD-2525 (MIL-STD-2525), “COMMON WARFIGHTING SYMBOLOGY”, PROVIDES ALL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SYMBOLOGY STANDARDS AND APPROVED SYMBOLS AND THAT MCRP 5-12C, “MARINE CORPS SUPPLEMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DICTIONARY OR MILITARY AND ASSOCIATED TERMS”, AND JP 1-02, “DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DICTIONARY OF MILITARY AND ASSOCIATED TERMS”, IDENTIFIES ALL APPROVED MARINE CORPS AND JOINT ACRONYMS, TERMS, AND DEFINTIONS.
2.  BACKGROUND. MCRP 5-12A WAS A MARINE CORPS SUPPLEMENT TO MIL-STD-2525. THE CONTENTS OF MIL-STD-2525 HAVE MATURED TO THE POINT THAT A MARINE CORPS SUPPLEMENT IS NO LONGER REQUIRED. MIL-STD-2525 CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP:(SLASH)(SLASH)WWW.QUICKSEARCH.DLA.MIL/.
3.  COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS. CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE’S, MAGTF INTEGRATION DIVISION WILL DOCUMENT THIS CHANGE IN THE NEXT ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF MCBUL 5603, “MARINE CORPS PROPONENCY ASSIGNMENTS”, AND WILL REFLECT THIS CHANGE ON THE MARINE CORPS DOCTRINE WEBSITE, HTTPS:(SLASH)(SLASH)DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
4.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL K. J. GLUECK, JR., DC CDI.//