Army Personnel Recovery Practice

The primary function of psychological operations in personnel recovery missions is to influence the perceptions and behavior of both enemy forces and isolated personnel. This involves using various communication strategies to create conditions that facilitate the safe recovery of personnel. By effectively crafting messages and disseminating information, psychological operations can undermine the morale or will of enemy forces while simultaneously guiding and supporting isolated individuals through their unique challenges.

In personnel recovery contexts, this could mean persuading an isolated soldier to remain calm and comply with instructions for their eventual recovery or dissuading enemy forces from taking aggressive actions against the isolated personnel. The focus is on shaping attitudes and behaviors that lead to favorable outcomes in recovery situations.

The other options, while related to different aspects of military operations, do not focus on the influence and messaging central to psychological operations. Providing medical support, executing operations with direct action teams, and gathering intelligence represent other critical components of military missions but do not directly align with the psychological aspects of influencing enemy and isolated personnel behaviors.