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Wiki: letter R
Terms and abbreviations beginning with R in the SERE and combat survival wiki. Meaning, usage and national variants.
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Personnel recovery and rescueReintegrationReintegration as a PR task: reception, medical and psychological care, debriefing, personal participation, US phases and national responsibility.Fieldcraft and behaviourRendezvous pointRendezvous point and RV: an agreed meeting location, shared intent, approach, recognition, failed contact and actual personnel recovery.Personnel recovery and rescueRESCAPRESCAP explained: air protection along the recovery route and at the pickup area, possible contact and OSC duties, and the distinction from RESCORT.Personnel recovery and rescueRESCORTRESCORT is the escort for a recovery mission: reconnaissance, protection of assigned forces and support for radio contact and locating personnel.Personnel recovery and rescueRescue Coordination CenterAn RCC is a rescue coordination centre that assesses alerts, plans searches and coordinates available rescue resources. National roles and significance for isolated people.SERE and isolationResistanceResistance explained: protecting military information, resisting propaganda exploitation, responsibility towards fellow captives and distinctions from RtoI and escape.SERE and isolationResistance to InterrogationRtoI means resistance to hostile interrogation in captivity. Protecting military information and fellow captives, with national terminology and training forms.SERE and isolationResistance Training LaboratoryA Resistance Training Laboratory is a controlled US training environment with simulated captivity, where participants practise protecting information and fellow captives.SERE and isolationRIERIE explained: French risk categories, isolation and adversary exploitation, national differences, SERE preparation, equipment and recovery planning.Signals and communicationsRLSRLS explained: automatic acknowledgement via Galileo, the return path to a distress beacon, device requirements and the distinction from a rescue commitment.Personnel recovery and rescueRMCThe Rescue Mission Commander plans and leads a recovery mission and exercises tactical control over the assets assigned to pick up isolated personnel.Personnel recovery and rescueRPIRPI is the French framework for recovering isolated personnel: personal SERE tasks, contact, identity checks, support and pickup.SERE and isolationRPOWRPOW denotes a former prisoner of war who has been repatriated to their own country. Reception, repatriation, care and reintegration.Personnel recovery and rescueRV · Recovery VehicleRecovery Vehicle explained: pickup and transport of isolated personnel, air, land and sea platforms, cooperation with ground teams and medical support.