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Comparing Personnel Recovery in Iraq and Afghanistan
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The personnel recovery division in Iraq had a full-time job of recovering hostages with a dedicated team of 15 people, while in Afghanistan, personnel recovery events had to be supported by dual or triple-hatted individuals. The Department of Defense did have a functional system for downed pilots in Afghanistan, but there was no solid system to track missing people otherwise.

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