• Section 5.1.4.7 lays out everything required for this Section, but here’s an overview at a high level:

• For materiel capability solutions (‘BIG M’), identify required quantities and distribution among applicable DoD Components, including those required for:

• Operational inventory

• Training

• Spares

• Scheduled repair/overhaul, and

• Anticipated attrition

• These quantities should be projected over the lifecycle of the need to ensure the required operational inventory is maintained

• Notes on requesting ADDITIONAL quantities in the future, if required by your Combatant Command:

• If the capability provided experiences higher attrition than expected or greater expenditure than projected (in the case of munitions), the Combatant Command can request additional quantities of this (these) capability(ies) to replenish up to the originally validated quantities without Combatant Commander endorsement. For example, if the initially validated JUON/JEON request was for 20 howitzers and 800 rounds per day of ammunition based on assumptions for spares, maintenance, consumption, etc., then the Combatant Command can request additional quantities to maintain this level of capability, should attrition or expenditure deplete these capabilities below the validated level, without Combatant Commander endorsement.

• If the capability provided, however, proves insufficient to meet the urgent/emergent need initially expressed in the JUON/JEON, the Combatant Command can also request additional quantities of these capabilities, but it will require another endorsement by the Combatant Commander—effectively a new JUON/JEON. For example, if the capability needed proves to ultimately be 25 howitzers or 1,000 rounds per day, the JUON/JEON requirement must be revalidated, through the endorsement of the Combatant Commander.