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Old 10th Jul 2015, 12:25
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Further to previous comments, Joint Personnel Recovery is the sum of military, civil and diplomatic efforts to recover isolated personnel (IPs). JPR encompasses SAR, Deployed SAR (DSAR), Combat Recovery (CR) , Combat SAR, (CSAR) as well as Special Forces Operations and diplomatic efforts (the last 2 are generally used for captured personnel, but not exclusively so).

The JPR mission undertaken in each instance is dependant on 2 things: firstly, the capability of the nation conducting the mission; secondly, the ability of the IP to receive JPR (appropriate level of SERE training). In other words, even if a CSAR capability exists in theatre, if the individual being recovered is not trained or equipped to receive it, a CSAR mission will not be flown - more likely to be CR.

Whether or not the UK has a declared CSAR capabiility, Uk aircrew are generally trained and equipped to receive it.

Further information can be found in JWP 3-66
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