text: Appendix E
  Requests for Signal Support
  Units with no organic signal assets, or units tasked to perform a mission beyond their
  organic signal capabilities, request signal support through the request for forces
  process. The signal requirements may be fulfilled in-theater using regionally-aligned
  forces, or may require resources from the global force pool.
  IDENTIFYING SIGNAL REQUIREMENTS
  E-1. Units that require signal augmentation do not request a unit, such as an expeditionary signal company,
  or a communications assemblage, but the operational capability required to accomplish their mission. The
  requesting unit G-6 (S-6) identifies the signal requirements. Accurately defining requirements simplifies the
  process of validation as the request routes through successive levels of the chain of command. The G-6
  (S-6) determines—
  * Services required by type and quantity—
   NIPRNET.
   SIPRNET.
   Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System.
   Secure and nonsecure voice.
   Video teleconferencing.
   Coalition—mission partner environment.
   Commercial services.
  * Mission and purpose for each service.
  * Period of services—
   Starting date-time group.
   Ending date-time group, if known.
  * Location of services.
  REQUEST FOR FORCES
  E-2. Once the G-6 (S-6) identifies the signal requirements, the G-3 (S-3) initiates a request for forces and
  forwards it to their higher headquarters for validation. For the request for forces to be validated, it must make
  operational sense. The request for forces identifies—
  * The unit requesting support.
  * The capability required. Requestors describe the capability clearly enough to identify in lieu of
  sourcing, if applicable.
  * Time needed.
   Earliest arrival date.
   Latest arrival date.
  * Deployment duration, and whether or not service rotations are authorized.
  * Mission justification.
   Why the capability is required.
   Operational risk, if not sourced.
   Mitigation measures available to reduce that risk.