Announcement of Recently Published Works on Counterinsurgency and Countering Irregular Threats

1. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THE MARINE CORPS 
HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL NEW PUBLICATIONS TO ADDRESS COUNTERINSURGENCY
(COIN) OPERATIONS AND COUNTERING IRREGULAR THREATS. THE PUBLICATIONS
HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO MARINE CORPS LEADERSHIP AND ARE BEING MADE 
AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE MARINE CORPS AS IDENTIFIED BELOW IN PARAGRAPH 5. 
2. THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS HAVE 
RELEASED THE LATEST COUNTERINSURGENCY DOCTRINAL FIELD MANUAL, MCWP
3-33.5 (FM 3-24). THIS MANUAL IS DESIGNED TO FILL A DOCTRINAL GAP IN 
THAT IT HAS BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE THE U.S. ARMY PUBLISHED A MANUAL 
DEVOTED TO COIN OPERATIONS, AND 25 YEARS SINCE THE MARINE CORPS 
PUBLISHED ITS LAST COIN MANUAL. WITH OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS FIGHTING 
INSURGENTS IN BOTH AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE A 
MANUAL THAT PROVIDES PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR COIN OPERATIONS. 
3. IN ADDITION TO THE NEW COIN DOCTRINE, THE MARINE CORPS HAS 
DEVELOPED THE SMALL UNIT LEADER'S GUIDE TO COUNTERINSURGENCY 
(MCIP 3-33.01). THIS MANUAL, AIMED AT COMPANY LEVEL AND BELOW, IS A 
COLLECTION OF TACTICS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES THAT REPRESENT THE 
CURRENT COIN BEST PRACTICES DERIVED FROM AMERICAN, AND COALITION 
SOURCES. WRITTEN BY SMALL UNIT LEADERS, THESE TTPS PROVIDE PROVEN 
METHODS FOR REFERENCE AND ARE NOT PRESCRIPTIVE. THIS DOCUMENT IS 
UNCLASSIFIED AND FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY.
4. THE TENTATIVE MANUAL FOR COUNTERING IRREGULAR THREATS: AN 
UPDATED APPROACH TO COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS PROVIDES OUR 
CONCEPTUAL APPROACH AND WAS PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2006. THE CONCEPT, 
AIMED AT BATTALION LEVEL AND ABOVE, RECOGNIZES THAT THE PROBLEMS 
ASSOCIATED WITH COUNTERING IRREGULAR THREATS ARE COMPLEX, DYNAMIC, 
AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. THE MARINE CORPS MUST ATTACK THESE PROBLEMS 
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JOINT AND INTERAGENCY COMMUNITIES AND OUR 
MULTINATIONAL ALLIES. 
5. HARD COPY DISTRIBUTION AND ELECTRONIC ACCESS IS TO ASSIST ALL 
HANDS IN OBTAINING, UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTING THE NEW 
PUBLICATIONS. THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AND WILL BE MADE 
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MARINE CORPS PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (MCPDS). 
 A. THE COUNTERINSURGENCY DOCTRINAL FIELD MANUAL, MCWP 3-33.5 
(FM 3-24) PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBERS (PCN) 14300012400, AND THE 
"TENTATIVE MANUAL FOR COUNTERING IRREGULAR THREATS" (PCN DOCUMENTS 
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SEPCOR WHEN AVAILABLE) ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING 
AT WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.MIL AND WWW.MCWL.USMC.MIL RESPECTIVELY. 
 B. THE SMALL UNIT LEADER'S GUIDE TO COIN (MCIP 3-33.01) IS 
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT WWW.DOCTRINE.USMC.SMIL.MIL. CHARTS AND GRAPH 
FROM THE PUBLICATION ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR DOWNLOAD AT
HTTP: (SLASH) (SLASH)WWW.MCWL.USMC.MIL(SLASH)CONCEPTS(SLASH)
SULG_CHARTS.CFM. HARD COPIES CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH MCPDS USING THE 
PUBLICATION CONTROL NUMBER OF PCN 14600000600.