R 151235Z OCT 15
MARADMIN 509/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/AVAILABILITY OF MCRP 3-17.7Q WATER SUPPORT OPERATIONS//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/17JUL12//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO 5600.31A MARINE CORPS PRINTING AND PUBLISHING REGULATIONS//
POC/J.P. SCOFIELD/LTCOL/CDI, CDD, MID/-/TEL: DSN 278-6217/TEL: COML 703- 784-6217/EMAIL: JEFFREY.SCOFIELD(AT)USMC.MIL//
RMKS/1. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION HAS PUBLISHED MARINE CORPS REFERENCE PUBLICATION (MCRP) 3-17.7Q, WATER SUPPORT OPERATIONS; DATED 02 OCTOBER 2015. MCRP 3-17.7Q WATER SUPPORT OPERATIONS IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD VIA THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS DOCTRINE WEBSITE AT HTTPS:(SLANT)(SLANT)WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL.
2. BACKGROUND.
    (A) ARMY TECHNIQUES PUBLICATION (ATP) 4-44 / MCRP 3-17.7Q, WATER SUPPORT OPERATIONS, IS A DUAL-SERVICE PUBLICATION USED FOR PLANNING AND EXECUTING WATER SUPPORT FOR MISSIONS CONDUCTED ACROSS THE FULL RANGE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS. IT PROVIDES DOCTRINAL GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION FOR UNITED STATES ARMY AND UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNITS CONDUCTING WATER SUPPORT OPERATIONS. THE TECHNIQUES PROVIDED IN THIS PUBLICATION ARE NON-PRESCRIPTIVE WAYS OR METHODS THAT CAN BE USED TO PERFORM WATER SUPPORT MISSIONS, FUNCTIONS, OR TASKS. THE PRINCIPAL AUDIENCE FOR ATP 4-44/MCRP 3-17.7Q IS ALL MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSION OF ARMS.
    (B) THIS PUBLICATION WILL COMBINE, RESTRUCTURE, AND UPDATE INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN THREE FIELD MANUALS: FM 10-52, WATER SUPPLY IN THEATERS OF OPERATIONS, DATED 11 JULY 1990. FM 10-52-1, WATER SUPPLY POINT EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONS, DATED 18 JUNE 1991. FM 10-115, QUARTERMASTER WATER UNITS, DATED 15 FEBRUARY 1989.
    (C) THIS DUAL-SERVICE PUBLICATION WILL AID COMMANDERS AND STAFF OFFICERS WHO CONDUCT OPERATIONS ACROSS THE RANGE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS. TRAINERS AND EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT THE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS WILL ALSO USE THIS MANUAL. COMMANDERS, STAFFS, AND SUBORDINATES ENSURE THAT DECISIONS AND ACTIONS COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE UNITED STATES, INTERNATIONAL, AND IN SOME CASES, HOST NATION LAWS AND REGULATIONS. IT IS CONSISTENT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE WITH JOINT AND MULTINATIONAL DOCTRINE WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF ESTABLISHED HIGHER LEVEL DOCTRINE.
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 (MCPDS) IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES, THE PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER IS 144 000196 00.
4. THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
5. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT S. WALSH, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//