text: Planning for Personnel Recovery
  Paragraphs Four and Five: Sustainment, and Command and Signal
  3-21. The remaining paragraphs of the base plan or order (sustainment and command and signal) contain
  information for the force as a whole and address logistic, personnel, health services, and communications
  support. These sections include information important to personnel recovery operations, so too with the
  annexes. Appendix 13 (Personnel Recovery) to Annex E (Protection) is a compilation of the personnel
  recovery guidance, the ISG, and other planning, preparation, execution, and assessment activities required
  to inform the commanders and staffs.
  3-22. Commanders integrate personnel recovery responsibilities into premobilization, mobilization,
  deployment, employment, sustainment, and redeployment activities. (FM 3-35 discusses deployment and
  redeployment; ADP 4-0 discusses sustainment.) Personnel recovery fundamentals are included in the
  Army’s cyclical readiness program—Army force generation—where personnel recovery is emphasized in
  the train/ready and available force pools. (ADRP 7-0 discusses training in detail.)
  3-23. Personnel recovery information may be contained throughout the execution documents used to
  conduct Army operations: OPLANs, OPORDs, and FRAGORDs. For example, an annotated order may
  include coordinating instructions for personnel recovery coordination. Appendix 13 (Personnel Recovery)
  to Annex E (Protection) describes the personnel recovery concept of operations and responsibilities for
  execution. The appendix can be subdivided to illustrate the entire personnel recovery structure. Plans and
  orders must follow the format and guidance detailed in FM 6-0. (See figure 3-1, pages 3-19 through 3-22,
  for an example of a personnel recovery appendix.)
  (Change from verbal orders, if any)
  Copy ## of ## copies
  Issuing headquarters
  Place of issue
  Date-time group of signature
  Message reference number
  Include heading if attachment is distributed separately from the base order or higher-level attachment.
  APPENDIX 13 (PERSONNEL RECOVERY) TO ANNEX E (PROTECTION) TO OPERATION
  PLAN/ORDER [number] [(code name)]—[issuing headquarters] [(classification of title)]
  References: List documents essential to understanding the attachment, including maps, charts standard
  operating procedures, and doctrinal references. List any other applicable document that provides
  essential information for conducting personnel recovery operations. Refer to higher headquarters’
  operation plan or operation order and identify map sheets for operations (optional).
  (U) Task Organization: Describe the organization of available personnel recovery forces if different
  from the base order. Refer to Annex A (Task Organization) of the operation plan or operation order if
  they are stated there.
  Time Zone Used Throughout the Appendix: State the time zone used in the area of operations. If
  personnel recovery units will operate in different time zones, use Greenwich Mean (ZULU) Time.
  1. (U) Situation. Include information affecting personnel recovery operations not covered in paragraph
  1 of the operation plan or operation order, or that needs to be expanded in more detail. Cover special
  personnel recovery conditions of an operational environment in the subparagraphs.
  a. (U) Area of Interest. Describe the area of interest as it impacts personnel recovery, especially if
  personnel recovery operations cross unit and international boundaries. Refer to Annex B (Intelligence)
  and Annex C (Operations) as required.
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  Figure 3-1. Personnel recovery appendix example