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  b. Establish answers to specific questions including—
  (1) Who has the authority to direct a recovery operation?
  (2) Who can terminate a recovery operation?
  (3) Who is in charge of post recovery reintegration at the command level?
  (4) Who maintains the authentication information from DD Form 1833, Isolated Personnel
  Report (ISOPREP), and evasion plans of action?
  (5) What are the current available air, ground, and maritime personnel recovery forces?
  (6) Where are the critical personnel recovery locations (transload locations for recovered
  personnel, medical treatment facilities, reintegration facilities, and recovery force leader)?
  (7) What are the responsibilities of the personnel recovery points of contact at higher, adjacent,
  and lower headquarters in the chain of command?
  c. Validate communications information. Ensure effective information management, including the
  use of personnel recovery contact lists, call signs, survival radio, and other frequencies or systems.
  Figure 2-1. Personnel recovery coordination processes for Army headquarters (continued)
  SUPPORTING TOOLS
  2-45. The tools to support personnel recovery operations include joint and Army policy and doctrinal
  principles, SOPs, and execution documents such as OPLANs and OPORDs. Tools also include
  collaborative software used to conduct Army operations and the Personnel Recovery Mission Software
  Web site used to obtain and manage ISOPREP data and evasion plans of action.
  PLANS AND ORDERS
  2-46. FM 6-0 contains the Army plans and orders formats. For Army plans and orders, Appendix 13
  (Personnel Recovery) to Annex E (Protection) contains personnel recovery information. Personnel recovery
  is always a consideration in the operations process (see discussion in ADRP 5-0). The Army is often a part
  of a joint force and, as such, receives the joint force commander’s guidance, including that for personnel
  recovery. Thorough planning combined with detailed preparation and flexible execution contribute to
  mission accomplishment. Headquarters from battalion to theater army that have staffs use the military
  decisionmaking process while company-level and below—those formations with no formal staffs—use
  troop leading procedures. Troop leading procedures provide these leaders with a framework for planning
  and preparing for operations.
  STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL RECOVERY
  2-47. SOPs reduce the length of OPORDs. The personnel recovery portion of the SOP supplements the
  information contained in the OPLAN or OPORD and allows internal and external elements to communicate
  on personnel recovery based on common understanding and shared expectations. The personnel recovery
  information contained in an SOP augments current planning and execution documents. The personnel
  recovery information permits documents to be shorter and more specific because they reference the SOP
  for routine matters. Personnel recovery SOPs cover routine tasks and serve as a starting point for new
  personnel to learn the command’s routine as it applies to personnel recovery. For higher Army
  headquarters, such as the theater army, the SOP information may be in a regulation or pamphlet. Unit
  personnel recovery SOPs reflect—
  * Introduction and general guidance.
  * Organization for personnel recovery.
  * PRCS description.
  * Personnel recovery responsibilities for the functional and integrating staff sections.
  * Personnel recovery responsibilities for subordinate commanders.
  * Recovery force operations.
  * Records management requirements.
  * Points of contact in SOPs.