JPR

The Joint Personnel Recovery (JPR) Section of the EAG consists of 3 officers.  It is headed by a Dutch OF-4.  The section was created through a study on European CSAR capabilities and ever since, this topic dominates the work of it.  However, in the meantime other related items fill the calendar of the section such as SERE School Commanding Officers’ meetings, Personnel Recovery (PR) Equipment Project Team work with the European Defence Agency and other exercises and conferences.   Since the beginning of the CSAR project in 2001 the EAG became one of the few multinational military organizations to deal with this issue in order to harmonise the national efforts to further develop this capability in Europe.  In doing this the EAG involves its 7 member nations as well as other NATO and PfP nations.
Since the “EAG CSAR Study” was released on 31 Oct 2001 the EAG has been concentrating its work into the field of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR). Out of the “EAG CSAR Study” the “EAG CSAR Action Plan” was derived and released in June 2002.                             
In order to improve European CSAR interoperability it was decided by the EAG working group to execute the following series of action:
  • Standardisation of hardware;
  • Standardisation of training and procedures;
  • Establishment and/or standardisation a “Command & Control structure”.
  • Each activity was further subdivided into several projects. As the projects were developed many of them were amalgamated into one single product, which is well known as the “CSAR Mission Planning Guide” (CMPG). Progress on the development of the CMPG was monitored and validated through VOLCANEX Force Integration Training events.  The EAG is also actively involved in the creation of the draft of the NATO Policy and TTPs on PR (AJP 3.3.9. and ATP 3.7.1), to replace the former ATP-62. Through this cooperation the CMPG was integrated in the TTPs. During VOLCANEX 06, the -then existing- draft of the ATP 3.7.1.was used for the first time, both on unit level and on DCAOC CRCC level, by the participants and was accepted as a workable document.

  • In 2009 the EAG published a summary of her CSAR project. You can download a copy here

    In 2009 the EAG published a summary of her CSAR project. You can download a copy here

  • To improve its knowledge and experience, the EAG JPR staff  manned the CJRCC in Kabul during ISAF VII, in support of NATO, and participated in the US PR Exercise “ANGEL THUNDER” in April 2010 at operational and JPRC levels.