That is very true. That was actually the point I was trying to drive home the other day in my "Intro to ICS" lecture for our new recruits. I gave them a quick overview of the ICS structure and then pointed out that as a trained search team they are the "worker bees" in the ICS structure. All they have to remember about ICS, at this point, is that their job is to sign in when they get there, sign out when they leave, and follow the instructions of their group or team leader while they are there. You never know what you might end up doing.

Body recovery is definitely important work because resulution is important for the families whose loved one has gone missing. I had a family member go missing for 4 months once and that became the absolute focus of our world. He turned up alive at the end, thousands of miles from where he disappeared (Left IA, showed up in NM). Once he turned up we were able to resume our lives.

MNS