R 061301Z MAY 15
MARADMIN 235/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MCRP 3-17.7H, MATERIALS TESTING//
REF/A/MCO/5600.31A/ARD/17 JULY 2012//
AMPN/REF A IS MARINE CORPS PRINTING AND PUBLISHING REGULATIONS//
POC/LTCOL JEFFREY SCOFIELD/CDI, CDD, MID/QUANTICO VA/TEL DSN 278-6217 OR CML (703) 784-6217/EMAIL: JEFFREY.SCOFIELD(AT)USMC.MIL//
RMKS/1. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED MCRP 3-17.7H “MATERIALS TESTING”; DATED 03 APRIL 2015. MCRP 3-17.7H IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE USMC DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:(SLANT)(SLANT)WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2. BACKGROUND.
  (A) THIS MULTI-SERVICE PUBLICATION WILL SERVE AS A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE FOR MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE (MAGTF) ENGINEER PLANNERS PERFORMING ENGINEERING TEST AND CALCULATIONS ON SOILS, BITUMINOUS PAVING MIXTURES, AND CONCRETE. THESE TESTS AND CALCULATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE PROPER DESIGN WITH THESE MATERIALS AND ADEQUATE CONTROL OVER THEIR USE IN MAGTF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
  (B) THIS REVISION WILL ALSO INTEGRATE RECENT DOCTRINAL UPDATES IMPACTING OVERALL GENERAL ENGINEERING OPERATIONS AND OTHER TECHNICAL CHANGES AND INFORMATION ON REACH BACK SUPPORT.
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 144 000186 00.
4. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL K.J. GLUECK JR., DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//