Delivering A Focussed Effective And Worldwide PR Capability

A Joint Personnel Recovery capability remains an absolute prerequisite to conducting any modern military operation.

Having the ability to recover isolated personnel swiftly and effectively is a matter not just of tactical importance but of strategic and international importance too, yet the complexity of these missions means that they can never be taken lightly. The 5th annual Joint Personnel Recovery event will bring together a truly world class speaker line-up to discuss these issues and more at the event for the personnel recovery community.

Joint Personnel Recovery speakers include:

United States Minor Outlying Colonel Jason Hanover
Commander, 563rd Rescue Group
USAF

TurkeyColonel Gokhan Sahin Sonmezates
Chief, JPR Branch, Operational Division
Turkish Air Force

ColombiaLieutenant Colonel Jorge Luis Suarez Salazar
Director, Director, National Personnel Recovery Center (CNPRC)
Colombian Air Force

United States Minor OutlyingBrett Hartnett
Director/Technical Manager, ANGEL THUNDER
USAF

See all Joint Personnel 2012 speakers

Download the complete event programme to find out more about the event and who you can expect to meet and hear from in May!

Conducting personnel recovery missions in a host nation: Interview with Wade Chapple

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Defence IQ talks to Wade Chapple, Director at the Personnel Recovery Centre at the US Embassy in Bogota, Columbia about just how you conduct personnel recovery operations within a host nation and what the processes are for a successful operation.

Utilising the Apache in personnel recovery

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Defence IQ spoke to Colonel Neale Moss, UK Attack Helicopter Force Commander, Joint Helicopter Command, UK MoD at International Military Helicopter about using Apaches in personnel recovery and what some of the important lessons learned from Afghanistan and Libya are.

Personnel Recovery Workshop Day: 16 May 2012

Workshop #1 09.00 - 13.30: Escape from the City

A scenario led workshop covering how to locate and recover isolated personnel in an urban environment including a real time intensive JPR table top exercise

Workshop led by:
Flt Lt Conrad Allen (RAF, ret’d), Managing Director of Urban-SERE Ltd

Workshop #2 14.30 - 16.30: Survival Equipment : What Does The Modern Warfighter Really Need?

An interactive session outlining various real world survival scenarios to analyze what today’s warfighter really needs in an isolating event

Workshop led by:
Major Bart Holewijn, Commander, Royal Netherlands SERE School, Royal Netherlands Air Force

Joint Personnel Recovery will enable you to:

  • Gain a holistic view of Personnel Recovery, with global operators such as the US, UK, France and Turkey discussing the operational experiences, capabilities and equipment requirements for rotary wing assets and dedicated PR equipment
  • Garner an alternative view of personnel recovery with a view from Latin America, with both the Columbian Air Force and the US Embassy Mexico City discussing the unique challenges of operating in the region
  • Hear from the Director of ANGEL THUNDER, the world’s foremost multinational PR exercise and the lessons international partners can draw from the planning and executing such complex and realistic exercises
  • Be part of the community event, where military attendance averages over 70% and meet your peers in an intimate and relaxed environment to discuss the latest developments in Joint Personnel Recovery

Download the complete event programme to find out more about the event and who you can expect to meet and hear from in May!

What others are saying

Excellent opportunity to have a comprehensive view of PR developments Lieutenant Herve Dechoux, PR/CSAR Officer, French Air Force
Very valuable, very good networking platform Christian Rackl, German Air Force
Valuable and useful…good discussions and ideas both in and around the conference John Proctor, Candian DND
Good refresh of known DPR matters. One by one excellent presentations Giovanni Franchini, IT Air Force

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