Improving Personnel Recovery in a Coalition Environment
Abstract
This paper provides an analysis to the Defense POW/MIA Office (DPMO) on policy to improve a Combatant Commander-in-Chiefs ability to conduct Personnel Recovery (PR) in a coalition environment. The report is based on information collected through surveys and interviews of experts within the U.S. and Partner Nation PR communities. Key premises that focused the scope of the study include: a focus on coalition-unique issues to the exclusion of the common Joint and Service issues, such as manpower, funding, training, and Joint doctrine deficiencies; a hypothesis that interoperability is a key factor; and a hypothesis that Alliances and Coalitions are the same. The report finds that Allies and Coalition Partners are not yet ready to participate in combined PR operations, and that Coalition Partners rely on the U.S. for PR support. The lack of combined training exercises is the primary challenge to improving PR support to combined operations. The report also finds that current DoD PR policy is not perfectly aligned with today's coalition environment. The report includes recommendations that DoD increase and improve PR training in combined exercises, and DPMO update DoD PR policy to enable DoD to provide better PR support in a coalition environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA406322
Entities
People
- Devol Brett
- Mike Burlein
- Robert B. Mohan
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses