The U.S. Personnel Recovery Architecture under Chief of Mission Responsibility: Department of State and Department of Defense Coordination
Abstract
Integration of U.S. personnel recovery (PR) efforts still leaves gaps in coverage and creates unnecessary delays when Americans become isolated abroad. This is especially true of efforts between the Department of the Defense (DoD) and the Department of State (DoS). Although a few U.S. diplomatic missions abroad have mature PR architectures, each diplomatic mission is challenged with developing its own particular plan to meet the national goals of that country. Currently, the DoS continues to struggle with the challenges of leading PR efforts within host nations in which sovereignty belongs to that nation, and the U.S. Government agencies within the mission do not fall under the exclusive control of the Ambassador. Therefore, the author finds it extremely important to identify the gaps in PR architectures, and to determine how the DoS and DoD can most effectively coordinate during a PR event within a Chief of Mission environment to prevent isolated persons from being tortured and/or killed. The author gives special focus to U.S. Army operations in the Western Hemisphere.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 22, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA590491
Entities
People
- Alejandro M. Nunez
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College