Armed Forces News

A “core captivity curriculum,” expected to be completed this summer, is designed to update training currently being provided to service members whose jobs put them at the highest risk of being captured, said Air Force Col. Mark Bracich of the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency at Fort Belvoir, Va. Bracich said the curriculum is being developed jointly by the services for incorporation into their Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape schools. If validated, key concepts are expected to be introduced into training for all service members beginning with their initial military training, he said. The new curriculum is designed to address the “asymmetric” modern-day battlefield — one without clear-cut front lines or clear distinctions between friend and foe. It also considers the peacekeeping, humanitarian and other noncombat missions today’s service members carry out.