establish a common basis to determine the relative importance of completing demands for resources of logistics systems. The means for determining the relative importance and urgency of logistics requirements is provided by the priority designator (PD), a two-digit code that ranges from 01 (highest) to 15 (lowest). The priority designator is determined from the urgency of need designator (UND) and the Force/Activity Designator (F/AD), as shown in table 14-1.

Force/Activity Designator (F/AD)

F/AD is a Roman numeral (I-V) that identifies and categorizes a force or activity on the basis of its military importance as shown below:

I In Combat

II Positioned for Combat

III Positioned to Deploy/Combat

IV Other Active and Selected Reserve Forces

V All Other

Urgency of Need Designator (UND)

UND consists of an uppercase letter “A,” “B,” or “C.” It is selected to indicate the relative urgency of a force’s or activity’s need for a required item of material. Assignment of UND is the responsibility of the force or activity making