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  b. (U) Area of Operations. Describe the area of operations, including map references for both paper
  maps and those on digital systems. Subparagraphs give detail. Refer to Appendix 2 (Operations Overlay)
  to Annex C (Operations).
  (1) (U) Terrain . Describe aspects of the terrain that impact personnel recovery operations.
  Cover those terrain features that may contribute to isolation such as rivers, mountains, swamps, forest
  cover, and other terrain that is difficult to traverse or impossible to drive over, thereby canalizing
  evasion activities. Refer to Tab B (Weather) to Appendix 1 (Intelligence Estimate) to Annex B
  (Intelligence) as required.
  (2) (U) Weather . Describe the aspects of the climate (such as cold, heat, humidity, or wind) and
  the current and forecasted weather—including precipitation—that may affect operations. Refer to Tab B
  (Weather) to Appendix 1 (Intelligence Estimate) to Annex B (Intelligence) as required.
  c. (U) Enemy Forces. Identify all threats and their capabilities as well as associated environmental
  conditions that can cause isolation. Describe hybrid threat disposition, location, strength, and probable
  courses of action regarding the isolation of friendly forces. Discuss the recent experience of enemy
  forces in isolating friendly forces, including the taking of hostages, or intelligence indicating a threat to
  isolate friendly forces. Discuss enemy forces and their expected courses of action or capabilities that
  may influence support and recovery force operations. Describe the attitude of the local population
  toward friendly forces, especially to individual or small groups of evaders. Refer to Annex B
  (Intelligence) as required.
  d. (U) Friendly Forces. Describe friendly forces, including host-nation and multinational partners,
  and their expected capabilities to assist in personnel recovery of friendly forces. List the designation,
  location, and outline of the plan of higher, subordinate, adjacent, and other personnel recovery assets.
  Include an assessment of the willingness of these units to contribute to personnel recovery operations.
  e. (U) Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Nongovernmental Organizations. Identify and describe
  other organizations in the area of operations that influence personnel recovery operations. Include
  anticipated coordination with the Department of State regional security officer, local American Embassy
  crisis response center, or other United States government mission. Describe the interface between Army
  forces and organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and United Nations.
  Discuss how information is exchanged and updates are received. Refer to Annex V (Interagency
  Coordination).
  f. (U) Civil Considerations. Describe important aspects of civil society in the area of operations that
  affect personnel recovery activities. Use the memory aide ASCOPE (areas, structures, capabilities,
  organizations, people, and events). Refer to Annex K (Civil Affairs Operations) as required.
  g. (U) Attachments and Detachments. List units attached or detached only as necessary to clarify
  task organization. Refer to Annex A (Task Organization) as required.
  h. (U) Assumptions. List the assumptions used in the development of the personnel recovery parts of
  the operation plan and this annex.
  2. (U) Mission. State the personnel recovery activities supporting the base operation plan or order
  mission with a short description of the who, what, when, where, and why of the operation. The how is
  part of the concept of operations. The overall mission can be in support of another mission or a
  personnel recovery-specific mission.
  3. (U) Execution. Describe how the commander intends to accomplish the personnel recovery activities
  in support of the overall mission of the unit, using the warfighting functions as a template.
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  Figure 3-1. Personnel recovery appendix example (continued)