text: *FM 3-50
  Field Manual Headquarters
  Department of the Army
  No. 3-50
  Washington, DC, 2 September 2014
  Army Personnel Recovery
  Contents
  Page
  PREFACE.............................................................................................................. iii
  INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... iv
  Chapter 1 ARMY PERSONNEL RECOVERY OPERATIONS ........................................... 1-1
  Foundations ........................................................................................................ 1-1
  Organizations ..................................................................................................... 1-1
  Army Personnel Recovery Components ............................................................ 1-5
  Army Personnel Recovery Proficiencies .......................................................... 1-16
  Chapter 2 RESPONSIBILITIES AND SUPPORTING TOOLS ........................................... 2-1
  Responsibilities ................................................................................................... 2-1
  Supporting Tools .............................................................................................. 2-12
  Chapter 3 PLANNING FOR PERSONNEL RECOVERY ................................................... 3-1
  Personnel Recovery and the Military Decisionmaking Process ......................... 3-1
  Categories of Information for Personnel Recovery .......................................... 3-17
  Chapter 4 CONSIDERATIONS FOR MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS .......................... 4-1
  Characteristics of Major Combat Operations ..................................................... 4-1
  Causes of Isolation Incidents ............................................................................. 4-2
  Conducting the Operations Process ................................................................... 4-4
  Chapter 5 CONSIDERATIONS FOR STABILITY ............................................................... 5-1
  Characteristics of Stability .................................................................................. 5-1
  Isolation Risk in Stability ..................................................................................... 5-4
  Isolation Risk Reduction Approaches ................................................................. 5-5
  Department of State and Department of Defense Interaction ............................ 5-6
  Interaction with Other Partners ........................................................................... 5-9
  Chapter 6 CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES .... 6-1
  Characteristics of Defense Support of Civil Authorities ...................................... 6-1
  Personnel Recovery Capability Phases ............................................................. 6-3
  Commander and Staff Focus in Defense Support of Civil Authorities ............... 6-4
  Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
  *This publication supersedes FM 3-50.1, 21 November 2011.