Cover letter_JPR JOG_ACT approved - European Defence Agency

166NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE TO THE PUBLIC2.2 Reportand receives launch approval. He will then brief the PRTF and execute the mission afterreceiving the execute order from the execute authority.2.2 Report0205. Initial notification of a PR requirement is likely to come from the JPRC / PRCCthrough a Search And Rescue Incident Report (SARIR). It is imperative that the SPINSauthentication data current at the time of the incident is “frozen” for all PR efforts associatedwith that incident (authentication data, codewords, Search And Rescue Dot(SARDOT), Search And Rescue Numeric Encryption Grid (SARNEG), etc.). This informationmust be annotated on the SARIR that will be distributed in turn to the PR units. Anyasset that becomes aware of isolated personnel must notify the JPRC / PRCC as soon aspossible.2.3 Locate0206. Time, effort and lives can be lost if the isolated personnel’s exact location is notaccurately verified in a reasonable amount of time. Therefore the critical task is tolocate or confirm the location of the isolated personnel. Normally the location of theisolated personnel will be conducted by stand-off electronic means. Dependent on therisk / threat in the area the search may be conducted by the PRTF itself if other meansthat have more stand-off and / or covert ways to locate the isolated personnel are notavailable.a. Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver derived and reported coordinates (normallythe most accurate).b. Isolated personnel reported position.c. Friendly forces visual observation.2.4 Support0207. A PRTF will typically not play a role in the support of isolated personnel. As soonas the isolated personnel is/are located an OSC may be appointed to provide communicationsupport to the isolated personnel. If the isolated personnel needs to be supplied(e.g. food or survival equipment) this will typically be executed by transport aircraft notpart of the PRTF.2.5 Recover0208. The JPRC / PRCC will start the risk analysis while the search is ongoing, butformal mission planning will only start after this phase is completed. This analysis isimplicit in the mission planning cycle and the results will determine both the compositionof the PR package and the conduct of the PR mission. The JPRC / PRCC is howeverlikely to issue a warning order in the form of a partial (not complete) PRTF-messagedocument, which can be found in Annex E.4 on page 79.NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE TO THE PUBLIC