MCTP 3-40D governs general engineering support by the Army and Marine Corps across joint and multinational military operations.
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MCTP 3-40D covers life cycle activities, planning and design, construction, project management, base camps, transportation infrastructure, real property, power systems, and water operations. It requires consideration of interconnected life cycle activities, including planning and design, construction, operation, maintenance, and transfer and closure.
General engineering life-cycle activities include— Planning and design. Construction. Operation. Maintenance. Transfer and closure. (paragraph 1-2)
Base camps are developed to serve a specific purpose (such as an intermediate staging or forward operating or logistics base or as support for reception, staging, onward movement, integration, training, detainee processing, and resettlement); or they may be developed to serve a multifunctional purpose. (paragraph 9-31)
Successful base camps are characterized by four principles that are incorporated throughout the life cycle. (paragraph 9-32)
Engineers tasked to support logistics installations have four major missions: provide new facilities, maintain existing facilities, recover and repair facilities damaged by hostile actions, and upgrade existing facilities to meet minimum standards or usage requirements. (paragraph 9-51)
Road inspections are essential to prevent road failure. (paragraph 7-114)