Personnel Recovery

Personnel Recovery (PR ) ( German: Human Recovery ) is a military doctrine for the sum of military, diplomatic and civilian efforts to achieve a return and reintegration of isolated, in- risk persons. The focus is placed on military personnel behind enemy lines.

PR is to reach especially the return of isolated military personnel in the service, better morale and improved performance. At the same time it should be opposing forces refused to use the knowledge of these people for intelligence purposes or to use these people for propaganda purposes.

Personnel Recovery is divided into: Search and Rescue (SAR ), Combat Recovery (CR), Combat Search and Rescue ( CSAR) and Non- Conventional Assisted Recovery (NAR ). While CSAR exclusively by the Air Force, CR can be performed by all branches of the armed forces. NAR is located in the Special Forces, which cover the area in personal responsibility. The difference between CSAR and CR: For being rescued, is in the case of CSAR by specially trained and equipped personnel. So is an equipment requirement, which the has -saving to a Personnel Radio Communicator.

As methods for the PR Combat Search and Rescue ( CSAR) and businesses for hostage rescue prisoners of war and liberation in question. Also military personnel is encouraged to - to free with the help of other people, or to go to their own troops.

While the United States this task very extensively documented and there is also such for the FBI, the European NATO countries currently PR and CSAR equate. In the Bundeswehr to the CSAR - roll 16 "Air savior Sergeant " are formed.