(f) Required for immediate use to end an existing work stoppage at
industrial or production activities that manufacture, modify, or maintain mission-essential
materiel.
(g) Required for immediate use to end an existing work stoppage on a
direct support (DS) or general support (GS) production line performing maintenance and
repair of unserviceable, intensive management, or critical items.
(2) Urgency of the Need Designator B. Used to request materiel meeting one or
more of the following criteria.
(a) Required for immediate end-use and without which the capability of
the force or activity to perform assigned operational missions is impaired.
(b) Required for immediate installation on or repair of mission-essential
materiel and without which the ability of the unit or activity to perform assigned operational
missions is impaired.
(c)
Required for immediate use for installation on or repair of auxiliary
equipment.
(d) Required for immediate use in replacement or repair of mission-
essential or auxiliary training equipment. Without this materiel, the ability of the unit or
activity to perform assigned missions would be impaired.
(e) Required for immediate use in replacement or repair of essential
physical facilities of an industrial or production activity. Without this materiel, the ability of
the activity to perform assigned missions is impaired.
(f) Required to prevent an expected work stoppage at industrial or
production activities that manufacture, modify, or maintain mission-essential materiel.
(g) Required to prevent an expected work stoppage on a DS/GS
production line performing maintenance and repair of unserviceable, intensive
management/critical items.
(h) Required for replenishment of the quantity issued that brings a line to
zero balance on the prescribed load list (PLL)/combat PLL.
(3) Urgency of the Need Designator C. Used to request materiel meeting one
or more of the following criteria.
(a) Required for on-schedule repair, maintenance, manufacture, or
replacement of all equipment.
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