text: Chapter 3
  * Establishes isolation criteria.
  * Establishes PRCSs, if not already established at theater army, corps, and division headquarters.
  * Designates units to execute personnel recovery operations.
  * Delegates authority to execute recovery operations.
  * Incorporates personnel recovery activities in unit SOPs.
  * Includes personnel recovery in OPLANs and OPORDs.
  3-16. Planning results in a five-paragraph plan or order with appropriate annexes, appendixes, tabs, and
  exhibits. The OPLAN format dedicates certain sections for instructions for personnel recovery operations.
  However, leaders must read the entire plan to derive specified or implied guidance related to personnel
  recovery in other sections. Major tasks, such as designating the personnel recovery coordinator for a task
  force or the reintegration coordinator, should appear either in the unit SOP or in Appendix 13 (Personnel
  Recovery) to Annex E (Protection) to the base order. Similarly, significant coordinating instructions and
  control measures should appear in the base order. Most detailed instructions regarding personnel recovery
  normally appear in Appendix 13 (Personnel Recovery) to Annex E (Protection). Portions are repeated as
  needed in other annexes.
  Paragraph One: Situation
  3-17. The first paragraph (situation) discusses the AO, its terrain, the weather, the enemy or environmental
  threat, and friendly forces and capabilities. Information pertinent to a personnel recovery operation may be
  stated or implied. Information specific to personnel recovery forces may appear in the subparagraph about
  friendly forces. It addresses the mission and intent of higher headquarters two levels up. The subparagraph
  about interagency, intergovernmental, and nongovernmental organizations lists relevant operational
  information regarding these organizations. It can include an assessment of their willingness to support
  personnel recovery operations. The subparagraph about civil considerations may contain personnel
  recovery information about the HN populace or civil organizations. If not discussed earlier, this
  subparagraph identifies the population as enemy, adversary, supporters, or neutral.
  Paragraph Two: Mission
  3-18. The second paragraph (mission) concisely expresses the task and the purpose. In a plan or order
  focused on personnel recovery, this paragraph contains the who, what, where, when, and why of the
  operation.
  Paragraph Three: Execution
  3-19. The third paragraph (execution) discusses the how of the operation. This paragraph gives a clear
  statement of what the force must do to accomplish the mission and establish conditions that define success.
  It includes the concept of operations and may include personnel recovery tasks. The scheme of movement
  and maneuver elaborates on the how. The force will follow the guidance in the absence of further orders.
  Subparagraphs describe schemes of intelligence support and information collection.
  3-20. The personnel recovery discussion directs the reader to Annex E (Protection) for detail. The “tasks to
  subordinate units” paragraph lists the tasks each subordinate headquarters performs and could contain
  specific instructions related to personnel recovery, such as who will provide intelligence and the dedicated
  or on-call recovery force. The coordinating instructions subparagraph directs a menu of tasks applicable to
  two or more subordinate commands and their staffs. Other coordinating instruction subparagraphs also
  provide important information on risk, rules of engagement (or rules on the use of force), and
  environmental considerations. The guidance on preventing isolating events may be addressed in this section
  of the base order if it is not published in an administrative order. Examples of this guidance include
  changes to minimum convoy size, changes to mobilization training guidance, and reporting requirements
  for units transiting other units’ AO.