Sgt. 1st Class Peter Chadwick
Division Support Brigade PAO
CAMP TAJI, Iraq -- On December 17, 1981, Red Brigade terrorists kidnapped Brig. Gen. James L. Dozier from his apartment in Verona, Italy.
Dozier, the highest ranking U.S. NATO officer in Italy, was rescued January 28, 1982 in Padua, Italy, by elements from the Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza, an elite Italian anti-terrorist police unit.
Dozier looked nothing like his pictures after 42 days in captivity. The clean-shaven face and flat-top hair cut were camouflaged by a full beard and long hair.
How can rescuers be sure they have the right person if their features have been altered?
Pfc. Ebony N. Davis, the mail and awards clerk for the Brigade Troops Battalion, Division Support Brigade, said in emergency cases, the units use the Isolated Personnel Report to identify Soldiers who've been detained for a long period.
If something happens to prevent a captured person from being recognized, they will use the information stored in the ISOPREP system, said the Raceland, La., native, who works in the battalion's personnel section.
Spc. Sarah E. Meyer, a signal intelligence analyst with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, DSB, 3rd Infantry Division, said ISOPREP is a collection of information concerning a Soldier's personal life that is not recorded anywhere.
"We don't want them to use anything in their military records that could be readily available," said Meyer, who calls Edmond, Okla., home.
Capt. Kenneth A. Hoisington, BTB's adjutant, said his human resource Soldiers work in conjunction with the intelligence section to ensure 100 percent of the servicemembers have provided the required information.
The intelligence section takes the finger prints and they collect the written data.
The Soldiers going through ISOPREP provide four short scenarios, such as first romantic crush or first car, as well as a code number that they might remember under duress, said Meyer.
Hoisington, who calls Hinesville, Ga., home, said it's for the protection of the Soldiers who are out there.
Staff Sgt. Manuel G. Maisonet, the BTB personnel noncommissioned officer in charge, said his section started collecting the information and taking unit member's photos for their files while they were still in Fort Stewart, Ga.
"We have units that were attached to us that didn't do it before coming," said Cpl. Graciella M. Campos, a BTB human resource sergeant.
The section built files on the 550th Area Support Medical Company, one of DSB's newly attached units, while in Kuwait, said Maisonet, who hails from Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.
They took care of getting the 3rd Battalion, 117th Field Artillery Regiment, Alabama National Guard, when they joined the BTB here.
Maisonet said Soldiers aren't the only ones his section takes care of. There are nearly 15 civilians working with his unit that also are placed in the data base.
Campos, who comes from Miami, Fl., said it was the first time she"d ever processed this type of data.
ISOPREP is not new to the military, said Meyer.
Special operations groups have already been using the system.
| Date Taken: | 05.16.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 05.16.2005 08:39 |
| Story ID: | 1832 |
| Location: | TAJI, IQ |
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