Marine Corps Reference Publication (MCRP) 4-11.8A, Marine Corps Field Feeding Program, provides guidance for commanders, staffs, logisticians, food service officers, supply officers, food technicians, mess chiefs, and food service Marines. It describes the Marine Corps' food services support operations in an expeditionary environment, and incorporates procedures developed during the Marine Corps Combat Development Command food service quick response study and field trials. Tactics, techniques, and procedures from other Service manuals that apply to Marine Corps operations have been incorporated to provide comprehensive, informative coverage of food services operations in the Marine Corps.