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Joint Personnel Recovery Agency
"These things we do so that others may live...to return with honor"
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CIWT Hosts REMC 50th Anniversary Observance for Operation Homecoming
March 2, 2023
— On Mar. 1, the Robert E. Mitchell Center (REMC) for Prisoner of War Studies held their observance for the 50th anniversary of Operation Homecoming on Corry Station...
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency visits JPRA
February 22, 2023
— On 26 January 2023, William Newell, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Indo-Pacific Directorate Research Analyst, received direct support from the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) Archives in researching homecoming statements of specific personnel who returned to the U.S. at the end of direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War...
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USN, USCG, USAF Participate in Mass Casualty Drill
February 2, 2023
— Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3 Chief of Naval Operations Search and Rescue Model Manager (SARMM) oversaw a joint agency search and rescue personnel recovery event off the coast of Southern California, Jan. 19-20...
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TNSF Fellow Receives Retired Blood Chit for her Exemplary Service
January 13, 2023
— During her fellowship, Hamna Khan created a joint network of federal subject matter experts to develop a next-gen emergency search and rescue beacon, innovating the future of civil search and rescue...
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Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Makes Visit to JPRA HQ
January 4, 2023
— On 17 November 2022, the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) hosted Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC) Ramón “CZ” Colón-López...
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Skills Needed to Survive in Isolation
August 24, 2022
— Over 1,000 U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) cadet trainees are learning and preparing to survive and evade in harsh environments during Combat Survival Training and the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) is providing staff assistance...
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NASA and NOAA Visit JPRA
May 20, 2022
— On April 28, Dr. Lisa Mazzuca, search and rescue office chief, NASA; and Thomas Renkevens, satellite products and services division chief, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, visited the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency Headquarters on Fort Belvoir, Va. They met with Col. Anne-Marie Contrera, JPRA director; and JPRA staff, to discuss...
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Building Joint Personnel Recovery Through Multinational Collaboration
November 5, 2018
— The Multinational Capability Development Campaign is a Joint Force initiative, which focuses on conducting coalition and multinational operations associated with personnel recovery. This article shows how partner nations can effectively coordinate their military, diplomatic and civilian efforts to prepare for and execute the recovery and reintegration of isolated personnel. By developing a common lexicon and standardizing doctrine and policy, the Joint Force can improve interagency capabilities and solve this common problem affordably and effectively. However, partner nations must first underscore the importance of effective personnel recovery, and senior leaders must prioritize personnel recovery in all preparations and planning...
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Fairchild units ‘team’ to conduct first-ever KC-135 OSC Exercise
September 15, 2011
— Earlier this year, a military aircraft went down in Afghanistan and the aircrew evaded through enemy terrain. A Fairchild KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft was nearby conducting operations and was the first to receive communications from the downed survivors. Once they positively authenticated the survivors, the Fairchild crew began to act as the...
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Ambassador Ray visits Fairchild
June 26, 2009
— Ambassador Charles Ray, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Prisoner of War and Missing Personnel Affairs and former United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, recently visited Fairchild to speak at the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape graduation that took place June 12. Ambassador Ray also attended a retirement ceremony and...
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