Nigegilb,
Just Google my friend - JWP 3-66, page 1-3. This aspect of definitions is not classified and will not jeopardise future missions. IMHO I believe it was an Immediate Combat Recovery conducted with the resources that were 'immediately' availible to the commander on the ground at that moment in time
But hey, I wasn't there and what would I know, but may help you out?
b. Combat Recovery Operations. CR Operations is a generic term for
recovery operations comprising the following elements:
(1) Combat Recovery. CR is the recovery of isolated personnel in
distress and/or equipment, from an environment in which a threat is
posed by hostile interference, who are not trained and/or equipped to
receive CSAR.
(2) Combat Search and Rescue. The recovery of isolated personnel
in distress, from an environment in which a threat is posed by hostile
interference, who are trained and equipped for CSAR.
(3) Special Forces Operations. Special Forces (SF) operations will
not be covered within this JWP. However it should be noted that,
following a strategic decision to commit UK SF personnel to a task, SF
would conduct unconventional assisted recovery tasks within their own
planning and execution criteria.