text: Chapter 1
  1-6. Combatant commanders are responsible for planning and executing personnel recovery in their area
  of responsibility. Figure 1-1 depicts the personnel recovery architecture in a combatant command organized
  by function.
  Figure 1-1. Personnel recovery organization at the joint force level
  JOINT PERSONNEL RECOVERY CENTER
  1-7. Each combatant commander establishes a joint personnel recovery center (JPRC). The JPRC plans,
  monitors, and coordinates personnel recovery for the command. It coordinates with joint and Service
  component staffs, DOD agencies, and other USG agencies and unified action partners to accomplish its
  mission. The center’s composition varies. A JPRC is typically composed of senior leadership (director and
  deputy), shift duty officers, noncommissioned officers, and subject matter experts in related disciplines.
  These individuals act as liaisons to and from external organizations. The JPRC serves as the joint force
  commander’s primary coordination center for assisting other nations or appropriate civilian entities.
  JP 3-50 details the responsibilities of the JPRC.
  PERSONNEL RECOVERY COORDINATION SECTIONS
  1-8. At the Army Service component level, personnel recovery coordination sections (PRCSs) implement
  guidance from higher headquarters. Army doctrine identifies the Army Service component personnel
  recovery organization as a section; joint doctrine identifies the organization as a personnel recovery
  coordination cell.
  ARMY ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
  1-9. Army headquarters above brigade are scalable, stand-alone entities. The Army’s division, corps, and
  theater army commanders exercise mission command for any combination of modular brigades and smaller
  forces. The Army organizes its headquarters at echelons above brigade as functional cells; integrating cells;
  coordinating, special, and personal staff sections; and boards, working groups, and meetings. Figure 1-2
  graphically portrays the layout and the interaction of the functional and integrating cells. The PRCS is a
  staff section at echelons above brigade. The personnel recovery section is part of the protection functional
  cell. A personnel recovery officer overseeing the PRCS may be designated a personal staff officer if the