In today’s dynamic, asymmetric threat environment, identifying the enemy and the boundaries between friendly and hostile territory is increasingly difficult. This challenge puts all U.S. Government personnel at greater risk of being isolated, captured, and exploited. The Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC), Personnel Recovery (PR) Division (A3J), is charged with providing guidance for preparing, training, and equipping personnel recovery units for the ensured return of our Nation’s greatest asset, its people. Since A3J’s establishment in 2010, ANSER, an operating unit of Analytic Services has delivered the following support:

• Development and management of technical requirements for PR Command and Control
• Technical training,  support to field exercises, and live demonstrations of breakthrough PR technologies including the Joint Automated Combat Survivor Evader Locator
• Management and expansion of training requirements aimed at specialized PR capabilities accounting for systems such as the HC-130P/J and HH-60G
• Strategic guidance that supported the inception of the Air Force’s first PR Core Function Master Plan and other long-term planning objectives

“Part of our job entails producing well-trained rescue forces to execute recovery operations, but there's another important piece," said Colonel Todd Worms, A3J chief. "Our focus is to ensure that anyone who is at risk of isolation is properly trained and prepared to handle those challenges, including approximately 334,000 active-duty Airmen, civilians and contractors that deploy to combat zones.” ANSER is proud to support the continuous improvement and enhanced delivery of those capabilities.

About the Air Force & Personnel Recovery

Dating back to the World War II era’s Army Air Corps to the current mission of today’s ACC, our Nation’s armed forces have a rich history in the recovery of isolated personnel. As a result of a re-organization in 1993, the Air Force assigned rescue and recovery units and efforts to ACC’s portfolio of responsibilities. A3J was established in 2010 to further focus ACC's worldwide command responsibility of organizing, training, and equipping dedicated Air Force rescue units and other personnel at risk of isolation. Since A3J’s inception, ACC and its tenants have improved the operations of: combat search and rescue; civil search and rescue; casualty evacuation; and support to civil authorities.