Joint Personnel Recovery Agency
Joint Personnel Recovery Agency | |
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Active | October 1, 1999 |
Country | United States |
Type | Chairman's Controlled Activity |
Role | personnel recovery |
Headquarters | Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
Motto(s) | "These things we do that others may live... to return with honor." |
Website | www |
Insignia | |
Abbreviation | JPRA |
The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) is a Chairman's Controlled Activity and is designated as DoD's office of primary responsibility for DoD-wide
The goals of the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency include: Returning isolated US personnel to friendly control, denying enemies of the US a potential source of intelligence, preventing the exploitation of captured US personnel in propaganda programs, and maintaining the morale of US fighting forces and the "national will." According to the US Department of Defense (DoD), the agency's "core" capabilities consist of providing personnel recovery guidance, developing, conducting, and supporting personnel recovery education and training, providing support to operations, exercises, and deploying forces, and ensuring that personnel recovery remains viable through the adaptation of lessons learned, research and development, and other validated inputs.[3]
Agency Seal
The blue background, symbolizing sky and space, represents the limitlessness of DOD recovery operations worldwide.[citation needed]
The red, white and blue border represents the physical and mental anguish of past warfighters in their loss of freedom or life; and valor of each service in pursuit of its personnel recovery mission.[citation needed]
The stars represent the six articles of the
The eagle and wreath are adapted from the Seal of the Department of Defense and symbolize the commitment of Department forces to protect isolated personnel and the swiftness of response.[citation needed]
The laurel (left side of the wreath) represents honors received in combat and the olive branch (right side of the wreath) represents the defense of peace.[citation needed]
The broken chain represents mental and physical oppressions that the
History
The JPRA has its roots in
In the early 1990s, DOD began to focus more on the importance of
See also
References
- ^ JPRA Public Homepage. "About the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency" (Agency Identity). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ^ JPRA Public Homepage. "About the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency" (Agency Identity). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ^ Rhem, Kathleen (May 10, 2006). "Personnel Recovery Agency Works to Bring All Americans Home Alive" (Press release). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved April 23, 2009.