OIF III Urgent Universal Need Statement (UUNS) Process
This MARADMIN establishes the Urgent Universal Need Statement (UUNS) process for Marine forces deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III (OIF III) under II MEF. Units must submit urgent capability requirements through their chain of command to CG, II MEF, who will consolidate and prioritize them before forwarding through MARFORLANT and MARCENT to MCCDC for assessment and staffing to the Marine Requirements Oversight Council (MROC).
Issued: September 28, 2004
1. BACKROUND. ISO MARINE FORCES PARTICIPATING IN OIF, OEF, AND HOA, THE DC, CD ACCELERATED THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (EFDS) BY EXPEDITING THE PROCESSING OF THE UNS. THE ACCELERATED UNS ARE KNOWN AS URGENT UNS. 2. PURPOSE. IN ANTICIPATION OF MARINE FORCES DEPLOYING TO IRAQ (OIF III) THIS MARADMIN PROVIDES ADDITIONAL URGENT UNS GUIDANCE. 3. ACTION. REFERENCE (A) REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR I MEF FOR THE DURATION OF OIF II. UNITS DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF OEF AND HOA WILL CONTINUE TO SUBMIT URGENT UNS TO MARCENT FOR APPROVAL. THIS MARADMIN IDENTIFIES PROCEDURES FOR OPERATING FORCES DEPLOYING IN SUPPORT OF II MEF AND OIF III. ALL UNITS IN SUPPORT OF II MEF WILL BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS OUTLINED IN THIS MARADMIN AND SUBMIT URGENT UNS THROUGH THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND TO CG, II MEF. IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE SUPPORTED COMMANDER, CG, II MEF WILL CONSOLIDATE AND PRIORITIZE ALL URGENT UNS ENSURING THAT SIMILAR UNS (I.E. TWO MSCS REQUESTING SAME OR SIMILAR CAPABILITY) ARE CONSOLIDATED. II MEF WILL PROVIDE PRIORITIZED LISTING OF URGENT UNS TO MARFORLANT. MARFORLANT WILL APPROVE AND FORWARD TO COMUSMARCENT. MARCENT WILL CONSOLIDATE URGENT UNS FROM EACH CAMPAIGN, APPROVE AND THEN FORWARD THE UNS TO MCCDC. DC, CD WILL CONDUCT AN IMMEDIATE DOTMLPF ASSESSMENT AND WILL SUBSEQUENTLY STAFF THE UNS TO THE MARINE REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL (MROC). 4. TO ASSIST THE OPERATING FORCES AND EXPEDITE PROCESSING OF URGENT UNS, DC, CD HAS ASSIGNED THE FOLLOWING LIAISON OFFICERS. MARFORLANT AND II MEF - LTCOL MICHAEL JOHNSON EMAIL MICHAEL.W.JOHNSON1@USMC.MIL TEL (COMM) 703-784-6095 (DSN 278) MARFORPAC AND I MEF - LTCOL S.P. KACHELEIN EMAIL STEPHEN.KACHELEINSP@USMC.MIL TEL (COMM) 703-784-6088 (DSN 278) III MEF - CAPT TROY LOWE EMAIL TROY.LOWE@USMC.MIL TEL (COMM) 703-784-6257 (DSN 278) MARFORRES - MAJ MICHAEL HAGUE EMAIL MICHAEL.HAGUE@USMC.MIL TEL (COMM) 703-784-4951 (DSN 278) 5. ALL II MEF URGENT UNS REQUIRE A GENERAL OFFICER SIGNATURE AND ENDORSEMENT BY MARFORLANT AND MARCENT. 6. SUBMISSION METHODS. REQUIREMENTS OR NEEDS SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED IN UNS FORMAT. THE UNS FORM (MCCDC FORM 1001 REV 3.1 9 SEP 2002) CAN BE DOWNLOADED AT HTTPS://WWW.CDTS.MARCORSYSCOM.USMC.MIL/. THE UNS FORM CAN BE SUBMITTED BY E-MAIL OR FAX. A. TO EMAIL URGENT UNS SEND: E-MAIL TO STEPHEN.KACHELEIN@USMC.MIL AND TROY.LOWE@USMC.MIL AND CHAIN OF COMMAND AS APPLICABLE. B. FAX TO ATTN: EFDC, OPS DIVISION (APPROPRIATE LIAISON OFFICER), (COMM) 703-784-4917 (DSN 278-4917).