Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) 3-40.8, Componency, addresses the fundamental principles of Marine Corps componency. It deals with the Marine Corps component under a combatant command; the role of the Marine Corps component commander and staff; the relationship of the Marine Corps component commander with the combatant commander, other Service component commanders, and the Marine air-ground task force commander. It describes the role of the Marine Corps component commander in a joint task force and the relationship of the Marine Corps component commander with the Marine Corps' Service component at the combatant command. It further discusses the role of the Marine Corps Reserve within the Marine Corps Total Force concept. Lastly it delineates the functions of a Marine Corps component throughout the phases of an expeditionary campaign.
DesignationMCWP 3-40-8
EditionJun 2003
StatusSuperseded
Pages106
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)