Search and Rescue Team
Military UAV Recovery Operations in Contested TerritoryDescription
President Bartlet dispatches the Search and Rescue Team to locate a crashed U.S. reconnaissance UAV in Kaliningrad amid Oval Office negotiations with Russian Ambassador Chigornin. The team heads ten kilometers west of the crash site to recover the drone and prevent Russian forces from accessing its nuclear trafficking surveillance technology. This unit operates as a rapid-response recovery force in hostile foreign territory during a diplomatic standoff.