Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 3002.01
April 16, 2009
Incorporating Change 1, April 4, 2013
USD(P)
SUBJECT: Personnel Recovery in the Department of Defense
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Directive:
a. Incorporates and cancels DoD Directive (DoDD) 2310.2 (Reference (a)) and DoD
Instruction (DoDI) 2310.3 (Reference (b)) as a single Directive to establish policy and realign
responsibilities for personnel recovery in the Department of Defense.
b. Defines the responsibilities for personnel recovery regarding the preparation of forces and
operational planning and ensures that DoD personnel recovery responsibilities and procedures
adapt to meet emerging requirements.
c. Identifies the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)) as OSD’s Principal Staff
Assistant (PSA) responsible for personnel recovery strategy, policy development, and
operational oversight through the USD(P) Chief of Staff (CoS) and the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Affairs (DASD(POW/MPA))
according to DoDD 5110.10 (Reference (c)).
d. Operational implementation of joint personnel recovery policy and doctrine shall be with
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA), as a
Chairman’s controlled activity, shall be the DoD office of primary responsibility (OPR) and
execute these responsibilities as noted in Enclosure 2.
2. APPLICABILITY
a. This Directive applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the
Inspector General of the Department of Defense (IG DoD), the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field
Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter
referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”).
