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Joint
Personnel Recovery Agency
Joint
Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) is a subordinate activity
of U.S. Joint Forces Command. As the DoD executive
agent
for personnel recovery, JPRA is USJFCOM's executive
agent action office and the DoD Office of Primary Responsibility
for coordinating personnel recovery (PR) issues among
military departments, combatant commands, the Joint
Chiefs
of Staff, the Joint Staff, OSD and defense agencies,
DoD field activities, and other governmental agencies.
JPRA
was created in 1999 and placed under USJFCOM as part of
a realignment of joint activities. JPRA merged the Joint
Services SERE Agency (JSSA) and the Combat Search and
Rescue Agency (CSARA). The change created fundamental
and significant organizational changes in mission, structure,
roles and responsibilities and operating environment within
DoD.
JPRA
is responsible for shaping the planning, preparation,
and execution of personnel recovery for the Department
of Defense. The organization enables commanders, individuals,
recovery forces, and supporting organizations to effectively
execute their personnel recovery responsibilities across
the spectrum of conflict.
In
conjunction with their charter, JPRA has five core missions:
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Joint Combat Search And Rescue (JCSAR)
• Non-conventional Assisted Recovery (NAR)
• Code of Conduct (CoC) Training (Includes Survival,
Evasion, Resistance, & Escape [SERE])
• Operational POW/MIA Affairs (includes repatriation,
debriefing, and DoD SERE Psychology program)
• Personnel Recovery (PR) Research, Development,
Testing, & Evaluation (RDT&E--PR Battle Lab)
The
DoD personnel recovery mission is important for a number
of reasons:
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To return isolated personnel to friendly control
• To deny the enemy a potential source of intelligence
• To prevent the exploitation of captured personnel
in propaganda programs designed to influence our national
interest and military strategy
• To maintain morale and the national will.
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