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  * Similar capabilities in the area of responsibility.
   Number.
   Justification why they cannot be used.
  * Identify whether the request is for additional or replacement forces.
   Detailed justification.
   If additional, what change in the operational environment created the requirement?
  * Special training requirements.
  * Command and control relationships.
  * Urgency.
   Non-urgent—120 days prior to earliest arrival date.
   Urgent or emergent—within 120 days.
   Immediate—within 30 days.
  REQUIREMENT VALIDATION
  E-3. As the request for forces routes through the chain of command to the geographic combatant
  commander, each successive level reviews the request to determine—
  * Whether the requirements are valid.
  * Whether the requested forces are operationally necessary.
  * Whether the requirement can be satisfied internally with organic or attached signal elements.
  * A sourcing recommendation to fulfill the requirement.
  SOURCING
  E-4. If the theater army or geographic combatant command can fulfill the requirement with forces already
  in theater, the geographic combatant command sources the capability internally. The tasking order defines
  operational, tactical, and administrative control relationships for the supporting and supported units.
  E-5. If the geographic combatant cannot fulfill the requirement, the combatant command J-3 forwards the
  request to the Joint Staff J-3 force management office. The J-3 force management office—
  * Validates the unit request.
  * Assigns a force tracking number.
  * Forwards the request to United States Army Forces command for sourcing.
  E-6. United States Army Forces Command G-3—
  * Identifies a unit to fulfill the requirement.
  * Forwards to the Joint Staff J-3 force management office for allocation.
  E-7. The Joint Staff J-3 force management office—
  * Approves the source.
  * Allocates the requirement in the Joint Capabilities Requirements Manager system.
  * Forwards the allocated requirement to U.S. Army Forces Command.
  E-8. United States Army Forces Command issues a deployment order to the identified unit. The deployment
  order identifies the operational, tactical, and administrative control relationships for the supporting and
  supported units. Figure E-1 on page E-3 outlines the request for forces process.