Joint Publication 3-50 Joint Doctrine for Personnel Recovery Second Draft 19 July 2004 PREFACE 1 1. Scope 2 3 This publication incorporates joint and Service doctrine into a single-source publication and 4 provides the guidance and procedures necessary to plan, coordinate, and conduct personnel 5 recovery across the range of military operations. This publication provides the fundamental principles 6 and doctrine, and establishes joint tactics, techniques, and procedures (JTTP), that guide the Armed 7 Forces of the United States in the preparation and planning for personnel recovery and its execution 8 during the conduct of joint and multinational operations. 9 10 2. Purpose 11 12 This publication has been prepared under the direction of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 13 Staff. It sets forth doctrine and selected joint tactics, techniques, and procedures (JTTP) to govern 14 the joint activities and performance of the Armed Forces of the United States in joint operations and 15 provides the doctrinal basis for interagency coordination and US military involvement in multinational 16 operations. It provides military guidance for the exercise of authority by combatant commanders and 17 other joint force commanders (JFCs) and prescribes doctrine and selected tactics, techniques, and 18 procedures for joint operations and training. It provides military guidance for use by the Armed 19 Forces in preparing their appropriate plans. It is not the intent of this publication to restrict the 20 authority of the JFC from organizing the force and executing the mission in a manner the JFC deems 21 most appropriate to ensure unity of effort in the accomplishment of the overall mission. 22 23 3. Application 24 25 a. Doctrine and selected tactics, techniques, and procedures and guidance established in this 26 publication apply to the commanders of combatant commands, subunified commands, joint task 27 forces, and subordinate components of these commands. These principles and guidance also may 28 apply when significant forces of one Service are attached to forces of another Service or when 29 significant forces of one Service support forces of another Service. 30 31 b. The guidance in this publication is authoritative; as such, this doctrine (or JTTP) will be 32 followed except when, in the judgment of the commander, exceptional circumstances dictate 33 otherwise. If conflicts arise between the contents of this publication and the contents of Service 34 publications, this publication will take precedence for the activities of joint forces unless the Chairman 35 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, normally in coordination with the other members of the Joint Chiefs of 36 Staff, has provided more current and specific guidance. Commanders of forces operating as part of 37 a multinational (alliance or coalition) military command should follow multinational doctrine and 38 procedures ratified by the United States. For doctrine and procedures i Preface 1 not ratified by the United States, commanders should evaluate and follow the multinational 2 command’s doctrine and procedures, where applicable and consistent with US law, regulations, and 3 doctrine. 4 5 6 For the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: 7 8 9 10 11 T. J. KEATING 12 Vice Admiral, USN 13 Director, Joint Staff 14 15 ii JP 3-50 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PAGE 2 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To be written............................................................................ vii 4 5 CHAPTER I 6 INTRODUCTION 7 8 ? Overview ......................................................................................................................... I-1 9 ? The Department of Defense Personnel Recovery System .................................................. I-2 10 ? Personnel Recovery Options and Categories .................................................................... I-3 11 ? Personnel Recovery Execution Tasks ............................................................................... I-7 12 13 CHAPTER II 14 FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 15 16 ? General ........................................................................................................................... II-1 17 ? Geographic Combatant Commanders .............................................................................. II-1 18 ? Joint Force Commanders and Staffs ................................................................................ II-4 19 ? Component Commanders, Staffs, and Subordinate Organizations ................................... II-11 20 ? Secretaries of the Military Departments Service Responsibilities ..................................... II-24 21 22 CHAPTER III 23 COMMAND AND CONTROL 24 25 ? Command and Organizational Relationships ................................................................... III-1 26 ? Coordination and Liaison .............................................................................................. III-6 27 ? Communications ........................................................................................................... III- 9 28 29 CHAPTER IV 30 PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION 31 32 SECTION A. PRODUCTS ................................................................................................ IV-1 33 ? Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems ........................................ IV-1 34 ? Recovery Forces .......................................................................................................... IV-6 35 ? Isolated Personnel ......................................................................................................... IV-6 36 37 SECTION B. PREPARATION ........................................................................................ IV-11 38 ? Commanders and Staffs .............................................................................................. IV-11 39 ? Recovery Forces ........................................................................................................ IV-18 40 ? Isolated Personnel ....................................................................................................... IV-21 iii Table of Contents 1 2 iv JP 3-50 Table of Contents 1 CHAPTER V 2 PLANNING 3 4 ? General .......................................................................................................................... V-1 5 ? Planning Tasks ............................................................................................................... V-2 6 ? Mission Analysis ............................................................................................................ V-3 7 ? The Personnel Recovery Plan ......................................................................................... V-6 8 ? Personnel Recovery Concept of Operations Standing Operational Procedures ............... V- 21 9 ? Personnel Recovery Mission Planning ........................................................................... V- 23 10 11 CHAPTER VI 12 JOINT OPERATIONAL PERSONNEL RECOVERY PROCEDURES AND 13 TECHNIQUES 14 15 SECTION A. METHODS ................................................................................................. VI-1 16 ? Combat Search and Rescue Task Force ........................................................................ VI-2 17 ? Non-conventional Assisted Recovery .......................................................................... VI- 24 18 19 SECTION B. REPORT .................................................................................................... VI- 32 20 ? Distress Notification .................................................................................................... VI- 32 21 ? Notification Responses ................................................................................................ VI- 35 22 23 SECTION C. LOCATE ................................................................................................... VI- 37 24 ? Locate ........................................................................................................................ VI- 38 25 ? Authenticate ................................................................................................................ VI- 44 26 27 SECTION D. SUPPORT ................................................................................................. VI- 45 28 ? Operational Support Techniques ................................................................................. VI- 45 29 ? Other Support Considerations ..................................................................................... VI- 45 30 31 SECTION E. RECOVER ................................................................................................. VI- 47 32 ? Extraction ................................................................................................................... VI- 47 33 ? Physical Custody ........................................................................................................ VI- 50 34 ? Isolated Personnel Actions During Recovery ................................................................ VI- 50 35 36 SECTION F. DEBRIEF AND REINTEGRATE REINTEGRATION .............................. VI- 61 37 ? General ....................................................................................................................... VI- 61 38 ? Process ...................................................................................................................... VI- 61 39 ? Challenges During Debriefing and Reintegration ..........................................................