DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 1000.24D
N3N5
31 Jan 2019
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 1000.24D
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: PERSONNEL RECOVERY
Ref: (a) E.O. 10631
(b) DoD Directive 3002.01 of 16 April 2009
(c) CJCSI 3270.01B
(d) DoD Instruction O-3002.05 of 12 April 2016 (NOTAL)
(e) JPRA, Joint Standards for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE)
Education and Training in Support of the Code of Conduct and Principles of
Behavior, 25 May 2016
(f) DoD Instruction 3002.04 of 17 November 2014
(g) JP 3-50 of October 2015
(h) Geneva Conventions Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 12 August 1949
(i) PPD-30, U.S. Nationals Taken Hostage Abroad and Personnel Recovery Efforts,
June 2015
(j) DoD Instruction 3002.03 of 15 July 2013
(k) Navy Regulations, 1990
(l) SECNAVINST 1000.9A
(m) CJCSM 3500.11
(n) DoD Instruction 3115.10E of 24 March 2006
(o) OPNAV M-F3500.42 of January 2018
(p) DoD Instruction 3003.01 of 26 September 2011
(q) Department of Homeland Security, National Search and Rescue Plan, August 2007
(r) DoD Instruction 2310.05 of 31 January 2000
Encl: (1) Risk of Isolation Categorization and Training Requirements
(2) Specialized SERE Required Training
(3) Personnel Recovery Required Training
(4) Joint Services Training Program
1. Purpose. To issue policy, provide guidance, and align organizational roles and
responsibilities within the U.S. Navy to implement Executive Order, Department of Defense
(DoD), and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff policy, directives, and doctrine for personnel
recovery (PR). This instruction formalizes relationships between Navy organizations and
commands for organizing, training, and equipping Navy forces to execute PR responsibilities.
This version updates several of the organizational responsibilities and incorporates enclosures
that describe unit specific survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) and PR training
requirements. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.
