General Assumptions of Personnel Recovery Within in the Context of Doctrinal Regulations.

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General Assumptions of Personnel Recovery Within in the Context of Doctrinal Regulations.

Journal Title: Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Sztuki Wojennej - Year 2012, Vol 2012, Issue 2

Abstract

Uczestnictwo sił zbrojnych państw członkowskich NATO oraz Unii Europejskiej w operacjach reagowania kryzysowego, również we wrogim (niesprzyjającym) środowisku, zwiększa niebezpieczeństwo odizolowania personelu, zarówno wojskowego jak i cywilnego. Nikogo nie trzeba przekonywać, że utrata własnych żołnierzy lub pracowników cywilnych może skutkować daleko idącymi następstwami, włącznie z wycofaniem sił wojskowych z rejonu operacji. Stąd, niezwykle ważnym jest utrzymywanie odpowiednio zorganizowanych i wyszkolonych zasobów, zdolnych do odzyskiwania personelu w czasie pokoju, kryzysu i wojny. Świadomość istnieniu takich jednostek wśród żołnierzy i innych aktorów uczestniczących w operacji, niewątpliwie zwiększa ich morale. Problematyka odzyskiwania personelu w NATO i UE ma swoje odzwierciedlenie w zapisach stosownych dokumentów normatywnych. Niestety, brak jest pełnego konsensusu pomiędzy poszczególnymi państwami, co do zapisów i kształtu doktryn odnoszących się do procedur, taktyki, technik oraz szkolenia w przedmiotowej problematyce. Niniejszy artykuł przedstawia ewolucję zasadniczych uregulowań doktrynalnych odnoszących się do odzyskiwania personelu w NATO i UE. Charakteryzuje również ogólne założenia sojuszniczej doktryny AJP-3.3.9 oraz unijnej koncepcji w obszarze odzyskiwania personelu. Ważnym elementem pozostaje także problematyka edukacji, szkolenia i treningów z omawianego obszaru. There is no doubt about the importance of Personnel Recovery in contemporary operations leaded by NATO or the EU. Both NATO and the EU have military ambitions which cause differences in their approach to many issues. There is also not a common mechanism in the area of PR ensuring the same concepts. Consequently, it may lead to inefficiencies and potentially dangerous situations. Therefore, the establishment of a Center of Excellence (CoE) related to PR with links to both NATO and the EU would be a milestone. A PR CoE would cover a combination of four areas: concepts; managements of documents; education and training; advice and assistance (Figure 4). Within the conceptual area, the PR CoE may be tasked to develop operational concepts from the tactical to strategic level. Particular attention should be paid to integrating ex¬isting multinational (national) concepts, lessons identified and emerging technolo¬gies into the new concepts. Source: Personnel Recovery. That Others May Live to Return With Honour. A Primer, Joint Air Power Compe¬tence Center, Kalkar 2011, p. 36. Figure 4. Personnel Recovery Centre of Excellence responsibilities The PR CoE could also be tasked to develop and maintain the policy, doctrine and TTPs documentation for international organisations, to ensure standardisation of training and interoperability for deployed Joint and Combined operations. As the organisation that develops the concepts, it would perhaps be appropriate for the PR CoE to train and educate on the subject. It would give the CoE the opportunity to present emerging concepts to the relevant audience and, in return, receive feedback to help validate the developed concepts. The target audience could be: general staff officers to receive an appropriate level of situational PR; specialist staff officers (JPRC and PRCC personnel) to qualify in the planning, coordination and conduct of PR at the operational staff level; senior leadership to inform them of the operational and strategic importance/implications of PR and a lack thereof. In addition, instructors could also provide lectures to a variety of national, NATO and EU courses/training events. A CoE which delivers documentation and courses could provide additional support to nations, the NATO and EU command structures regarding the: development of national PR concepts; development of national education and training programs; assistance in assuring that national documents, education and training are in accordance with (international) standards; development of requirements for PR related equipment; development of the PR aspect of operations plans for operations and exercises; provision of presentations during conferences on lessons identified during operations and exercises. It seems that the above proposal would improve NATO/UE capabilities in the context of Personnel Recovery.

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Tadeusz Zieliński

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