Welcome to the Requirements Document Wizard (RDW)!

You are working on a Joint Urgent Operational Need / Join Emergent Operational Need (JUON/JEON) relevant to the 2026 version of the Joint Forces Requirements Process (JFRP) Manual.

• JUONs may ONLY be submitted by a Combatant Command (directly from the Combatant Commander or Deputy Commander).

• JEONs can be submitted by Combatant Commands (CCMDs), or episodically by the CJCS/VCJCS, to facilitate timely validation of urgent or emergent needs identified by multiple Combatant Commands or DoD Components.

• JUONs and JEONs inherently affect two or more DoD Components. If a capability is only relevant to one Service or Component, it is by definition a Component UON, not subject to the JFRP processes.

• JUONs/JEONs are designed to address critical capability gaps that cannot be satisfied within the normal Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process, that if left unresolved, these gaps would result in mission failure of an ongoing or anticipated contingency operation or the loss of life requiring additional forces to accomplish assigned contingency operation mission objectives.

• JUONs and JEONs will be evaluated against six total criteria. In order to be approved, a JUON or JEON must meet one of the first two approval criteria, and at least five of the six total. See the JFRP manual, Enclosure A, Section 11.a.1 and/or Table 1 (Urgent and Emergent Requirements Comparison Table) for a list of the criteria.

• JUONs are intended to field an initial capability within 1 year and full capability within 2 years.

• JEONs are intended to field an initial capability within 2 years and full capability within 3 years.

• JUONs and JEONs are not appropriate to circumvent or override the Global Force Management (GFM) processes, the Joint Manpower Validation Process (JMVP) processes, etc., if those processes can satisfy the requirement(s) within the operational timeframe.

• If one Service or Component requires a capability resident in another Service or Component, they are encouraged to coordinate directly and/or use other means outside a JUON/JEON/JROC processes.

• Per the JFRP Manual, the evolution of Joint Force and adversary capabilities may necessitate modifications to existing JUONs and JEONs. If the capability change is minor, direct coordination with the solution sponsor is encouraged. If the capability change is significant, it may necessitate the cancellation of the current JUON/JEON and submitting a new document with a new, updated timeline.

• There is no page limit constraint on this document.

General guidance on using the RDW includes:

• The sections and sub-sections in the RDW are laid out sequentially according to the elements that the JFRP Manual requires within your document.

• Most are MANDATORY and will show an error in RED FONT if you do not address them.

• If you don’t believe a mandatory element is applicable to your document, simply enter, “XXX is not applicable because….,” or similar verbiage.

• If you choose to address a mandatory required element within another sub-section (perhaps in conjunction with another element), you may skip over (leave blank) these mandatory sections, just bypass the error messaging. Just make sure you address each requirement somewhere in the relevant section.

• Some sub-sections are marked “Optional.” These can be skipped (left blank) without showing an error. HOWEVER, if the element is applicable to your document, ensure to address it SOMEWHERE in your document.

• You are able to use rich text (e.g. bold, italicize, underline, red or black font, etc.) within many of the writing sections (not all). Some are constrained due to the requirements in the JFRP Manual.

• If you choose to cut and paste text from another source, make sure you convert it to the font you are using throughout the document. The RDW defaults to the previously mandated fonts of:

1. Times New Roman, Regular, and size 12 for most text and text boxes; and,

2. Arial, Regular, and size 10, for all tables.

• Please refer to the "RDW post-export to MS Word Actions" section of the Desk Reference, available through the website (https://content1.dau.edu/rdw) for additional formatting required to be performed once you've exported your RDW Document to MS Word