Joint Personnel Recovery Agency
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Official Seal of JPRA
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| Active | October 1, 1999 |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Chairman's Controlled Activity |
| Headquarters | Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
| Motto(s) | "These things we do that others may live... to return with honor." |
| Website | www.jpra.mil |
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 personnel recovery (PR) matters, less policy. JPRA is headquartered in Fort Belvoir, Virginia with schools located in Fredericksburg, VA and Spokane, WA. JPRA currently provides for commanders, forces, and individuals on joint PR activities through development and conduct of education and training courses, and specialized individual training. The agency assesses, advises, and evaluates PR curriculum and establishes Joint PR standards in collaboration with the DoD Components for formal Joint PR training, including Code of Conduct and SERE. JPRA also provides DoD Components with analytical support, technology research and integration, maintenance of databases and archives, and development of lessons learned. JPRA encourages partnerships by assisting with non-DoD agencies, multinational partners, and others, with PR-related education and training programs.
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.
The blue background, symbolizing sky and space, exemplifies the limitless boundaries of DOD recovery operations worldwide.
The red, white and blue border connotes the personal sacrifices of past warriors who have suffered physical and mental anguish in their loss of freedom, and even life, in defense of the country's ideals and the valor with which all services carry out their personnel recovery missions.
The stars denote the six articles of the Code of Conduct which stand as guiding lights to help U.S. warriors navigate the dangerous territories of Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) toward ultimate recovery.
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