Search and Rescue Unit (Philippines)

The Search and Rescue Unit (Ready Reserve), Philippine Army, formerly known as the Disaster-Emergency Assistance Rescue (DEAR) Company , is one of the elite units of the Army Reserve Command's 15th Infantry Division (Ready Reserve).

The unit specializes in Urban Search and Rescue, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief, and Civil-Military Operations. It operates in the National Capital Region.

Mission

 * Base for expansion of the Regular Force in the event of war, invasion or rebellion within its AOP.
 * Assist the Government in Relief and Rescue Operations in the event of Calamities or Disasters.
 * Assist the Government in Socio-economic development and environmental concerns.
 * Assist in the operation & maintenance of essential government and private utilies (e.g. power, telecommunications, water).

Vision
A well disciplined, organized, trained and non-partisan citizen army, able to augment the regular force and respond to national disasters and threats to national security, during peacetime, war or rebellion mandated to perform tasks of Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW).

Operations

 * Various Civil-Military Operations
 * Various Internal Security Intelligence and Counterintelligence Operations
 * Various National-level Disaster Field Demonstrations and Exercises
 * Various Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
 * Rescue and Relief Operations TS Ondoy & Peping (September–October 2010)
 * Rescue and Relief Operations TS Sendong (October 2011)
 * Rescue and Relief Operations West Monsoon HABAGAT (August 2012)
 * Intelligence Support for Counter Narcotics Operations in various cities of Metro Manila
 * Rescue and Relief Operations Super Typhoon Yolanda (November 2013)