- The most important part of the entire JUON or JEON is this section. Here, you must make the case that one or both threshold criteria are met, in addition to making the case for four other criteria.

- First, you must make the case that your Combatant Command is facing either (or both):

- Potential Mission Failure, and/or

- Loss of Life requiring additional forces to accomplish the assigned mission

- Be explicit—use these exact terms—don’t leave any room for doubt!

- Next, you’ll need to build a case that your capability gap also meets four other criteria:

- The capability you need does not currently exist anywhere else in the Joint Force

- That this capability gap merits prioritization over all other non-urgent/emergent requirements

- That there is no way to mitigate your capability gap through changes in TTPs

- Any technology required to meet your capability gap is at a sufficient technology readiness level (TRL) for fielding within the required timeline (see Table 1 in the JFRP Manual for timelines)

- The JFRP Manual acknowledges that these threshold criteria are high—tough to prove—but they are commensurate with the prioritization of resources and speed of delivery available. The level of disruption caused to the normal decision-making processes necessitates a high level of scrutiny.

- There are a number of specific areas that the JFRP Manual requires you to address here. Follow the sub-sections and refer to the Help available and/or the JFRP Manual, Enclosure C for greater detail:

- The target, threat, or operational deficiency

- What is the mission deficiency/capability gap? What can’t be done?

- Describe the urgency in terms of mission failure or threat to force

- Provide a CONOPS of how the new capability is to be used, including coalition capabilities, if applicable

- Summarize the most current Service- or DIAAE-produced intelligence study or report describing the operational context and threat environment

- Provide intelligence sourcing as endnotes or footnotes, as needed