Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 3115.10E
March 24, 2006
USD(I)
SUBJECT: Intelligence Support to Personnel Recovery
References: (a) Title 10, United States Code
(b) Title 50, United States Code
(c) DoD Directive 5110.10, “Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
(DPMO),” September 21, 2005
(d) Director of Central Intelligence Memorandum, “Designation of Intelligence
Community Leads for POW/MIA Analysis,” July 3, 2001
(e) through (i), see Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE
This Instruction:
1.1. Establishes policies and assigns responsibilities for intelligence support to personnel
recovery (PR) according to References (a) and (b).
1.2. Delineates responsibilities for the management of intelligence functions related to PR
among:
1.2.1. The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD(I)).
1.2.2. The Director, Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO), under
the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)), established by Reference (c) as the office
of primary responsibility (OPR) for PR policy.
1.2.3. The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), who maintains the Prisoner of
War/Missing Personnel (POW/MP) analytic capability of the DoD Intelligence Community (IC),
as established by References (b) and (d).
1.2.4. The Commander, United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), as the DoD
Executive Agent for Personnel Recovery, less policy, in accordance with Reference (c), DoD
Directive 5101.1 (Reference (e)), and DoD Directive 2310.2 (Reference (f)).
