USMC LOGWAY
Logway allows for convenient access to SL-2 and SL-3 publications along with all publications dealing with each TAMCN item. Logway works in conjunction with Marine Corps Technical Publications website making it easier to search for certain publications.
At a glance
- Access
- Public
- Last updated
Contact
- Commercial
- 229-639-5700
USMC LOGWAY is a Marine Corps logistics reference used to locate SL-2 and SL-3 stock-list publications and other technical publications tied to a specific piece of equipment's Table of Authorized Materiel Control Number (TAMCN). It is used alongside the Marine Corps's official technical-publications system to help maintenance and supply Marines find the right document for an end item.
What it is
SL-3 publications are the Marine Corps's stock-list documents that identify all components and accessories issued with a given end item (major combinations, systems, groups, outfits, kits, sets, or assortments). LOGWAY is described as a way to reach these publications, and the SL-2/SL-3 documents tied to a TAMCN, more conveniently than browsing the general publications library.
Who operates it
LOGWAY is a Marine Corps logistics resource.
Access
The Marine Corps's public technical-publications library (Marine Corps Publications Electronic Library, MCPEL, at marines.mil) is publicly accessible and lists releasable orders, directives, and technical publications. Controlled unclassified publications are handled separately through the Marine Corps's CAC-gated TDM-PUBS system.
How logisticians use it
Maintenance and supply Marines use SL-2/SL-3 publications to verify the components, accessories, and allowances that belong with an end item, and to confirm what is present versus missing during inventories and change-of-command or property-book checks. Tying that lookup to the item's TAMCN lets a user pull the correct publication set for a specific piece of equipment rather than searching the publications library by title alone.
Reference: TAMCN structure
A TAMCN identifies a specific authorized item of equipment in the Marine Corps Table of Equipment and carries a commodity designator, an item designator, and a class of supply. Per Marine Corps Order 4400.201 (Volume 3, Management of Property in the Possession of the Marine Corps), Type 1 (mandatory) allowance items use commodity designators "A" through "E," and Type 2 ("as required") items use a parallel set of designators; the functional commodity areas covered are Communications-Electronics, Engineer, General Supply, Motor Transport, and Ordnance.
Related systems
LOGWAY's publication lookups sit alongside the Marine Corps Publications Electronic Library (MCPEL) and the property-accountability framework in MCO 4400.201. It is referenced (e.g., in Marine Corps logistics-analyst position descriptions) alongside other Marine Corps logistics IT such as GCSS-MC, TFSMS, and TLCMOST, though no public source confirms how these systems interoperate.