Interagency National Personnel Recovery Architecture
Abstract
The House Appropriations Committee recommended in 2001 that the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) "conduct a government wide interagency needs assessment in order to define the components of a fully integrated national personnel recovery architecture. The assessment should include a consideration of Service personnel, civilians and contract personnel, and examine possible consolidation of training programs." In April 2002, the DPMO tasked the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) to conduct a 2-year study addressing the congressional tasking. In July 2003, IDA provided an interim report, IDA Paper P-3779; this paper is the final report of this effort. DPMO has asked IDA for continued support to implement the recommendations of this report. With increased requirements of peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance, counter-narcotics operations, Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF), and the global war on terrorism, numerous U.S. military, civilian, and contractor personnel have been deployed overseas in harm's way. The Department of Defense provides an implicit promise to Service personnel that they will be returned home in the event they are isolated or taken hostage. This study assesses increasing the scope of personnel recovery from military only to include Government civilians and Government contract personnel. This study assesses the policy and planning implications of broadening personnel recovery operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA440780
Entities
People
- Anil N. Joglekar
- David J. Baratto
- Devol Brett
- J. D. Sizelove
- James T. Doherty
- Joseph W. Stahl
- Kenneth J. Benway
- Robert Mohan
- Samuel H. Packer
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses