DoD Public Affairs and Evasion Tactics

Upon your release, a DoD Public Affairs Officer (PAO) will be available to help you. Their goal is to:

The Evasion Plan of Action (EPA) provides recovery forces the following information should you become isolated:

To which article of the Code of Conduct does the following statement refer: 'If captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.'

Which evasion aids can assist you with making contact with the local population?

The Code of Conduct describes your basic responsibilities and obligations from isolation to captivity resolution.

Limiting the amount of personal information available to others includes reducing your ______________ footprint.

The Code of Conduct ____________ for military members when isolated or held against their will by entities hostile to the U.S.

One way to gain acceptance from the local population after making contact is to discuss the similarities between your religions. This helps to show you are peaceful and mean no harm.

Identify some posture and resistance constants of an effective resistance posture:

Which of the following are criteria for selecting a shelter site?

Identify elements of Article II of the Code of Conduct:

The three basic food sources during isolation are packed rations, animals and insects, and plants.

When are personnel ALWAYS authorized to escape?

The two types of reporting isolating events are observer-reported and media reporting.

You should attempt to provide proof of life during any audio or video recording or written documents.

The weakened state of the captives' ____________ reduces their capacity to collectively resist adversary exploitation efforts.

As part of your resistance posture, you should portray ______ at all times.

Actions to take when capture is imminent include:

What evasion aid is tailored to cover an individual operational area, combining standard navigation charts and maps with evasion and survival information?

Should your captors provide an opportunity to communicate using written, oral, or video means, you should:

Selecting a signaling site and putting your signal in a suitable location is critical. What is a signaling site criterion?

During a direct action recovery, you should pick up a weapon and assist the recovery team.

During a hole-up, what is your primary concern?

When providing proof of life, what information should you include?

Continuously learning about your captivity environment and the captor is known as ___________________.

The senior ranking military member should never take command of all prisoners, in all captivity situations, to ensure survivability.

What should you do during USG negotiations for your release?

Tactical hand-held radio transceivers, cell phones, satellite phones, and personal locator beacons (PLBs) are devices you could use for electronic communication.

What are some de-escalation strategies personnel can use to discourage captor violence?

Which of the following are used to control bleeding?

Leaving evidence of your presence supports U.S. Government effort to locate, identify and recover you.

To which article of the Code of Conduct does the following statement refer: 'When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.'

Identify steps in building a fire:

In the event of isolation during operations other than war, the reasons to delay contact with legitimate authorities include:

What are the goals of using a disguise?

What pre-deployment document requires you to provide, four personal authentication statements, full front and right side photographs, and fingerprints?

What are some methods to purify water?

Resistance to exploitation is a BATTLE OF WITS with your captor.

You should limit your communication with the captor to which of the following?

An effective memory tool that can assist you with using situational awareness during an isolating event is the acronym PAID-E, which stands for perceive, ______________, interpret, decide, and execute.