text: Chapter 5
  prohibition against carrying personal weapons and filming or recording classified information. In addition,
  embedded journalists must coordinate with the local public affairs officer.
  5-59. Army echelons above brigade headquarters prepare journalists to accompany the force, which
  includes preparing for potential isolation. The Army headquarters normally establishes a bureau or other
  formal point of contact to manage the program. The Army headquarters collects vital information about the
  embedded news media representatives and their employers, similar to the information collected through the
  Army’s PRO-File data entry system. At the unit level, no formal program exists, but embedded journalists
  typically receive a general orientation on the unit and its SOPs. Journalists participate in mission-specific
  operations briefs and receive the personnel recovery guidance, ISG, and any evasion plan of action used by
  unit members. By definition, embedded journalists become a part of the Army units to which they are
  temporarily assigned. Embedded journalists are therefore under the protection warfighting function,
  including personnel recovery.
  HOST-NATION GOVERNMENTS
  5-60. Not all nations view the isolation of U.S. personnel in the same light. The host nation may contribute
  to the recovery, choose not to interfere with recovery actions, or prohibit access to the country. Assuming
  that the host nation takes seriously its responsibility to recover persons and groups isolated on its territory,
  HN governments assist personnel recovery operations as active partners, reluctant participants, or passive
  nonparticipants.
  Active Partners
  5-61. Active partners normally include those nations allied with the United States. Normally, a host nation
  actively helps recover isolated persons for humanitarian reasons or to maintain good standing with their
  allies and the international community. Government entities in willing host nations facilitate personnel
  recovery operations by providing logistic and communications support. These entities place the capabilities
  of the HN security forces at the disposal of the personnel recovery operation, including intelligence and
  information services. Long-standing diplomatic relations ease the detailed coordination needed to identify,
  locate, recover, and reintegrate isolated persons. Cooperation makes it easier to marshal the resources
  necessary to affect the recovery.
  5-62. Cordial diplomatic relations may include commensurate military-to-military relations. Whether it is
  HN military collaboration with the American Embassy security assistance office, HN military collaboration
  with the defense and other attachés, or a formal bilateral military association based on common interests,
  the ability to tap the local security apparatus facilitates personnel recovery operations. HN security services
  may be willing to accommodate the need for permissive rules for the use of force or access to airspace and
  military facilities. This is especially important for a rapid response when lives are at stake. Active partner
  military forces are more inclined to conduct search and rescue and mount robust military operations,
  including the use of special operations forces or other nonconventional means.
  Reluctant Partners
  5-63. Some nations support the recovery of U.S. persons reluctantly. The host nation may exercise
  precisely its responsibility to recover isolated persons or groups, complying with international norms for
  search and rescue but falling short of full cooperation. This reluctance may translate into limited assistance
  from governmental entities such as the security services, restrictions on the use of airspace or landing rights
  at airfields, and the imposition of extremely tight rules of engagement that inhibit use of personnel recovery
  resources. A reluctant host nation may discourage intergovernmental organization, nongovernmental
  organization, and other civilian society elements from full cooperation with the recovery effort.
  Passive Nonparticipants
  5-64. Some host nations are unwilling to collaborate with the United States. These nations differ from
  reluctant partners in that they will not actively participate in the recovery of isolated persons. They may
  provide overflight rights, access to their transportation network, and other relaxations of their national
  sovereignty, but they will not dedicate governmental—especially security service—resources to assist in