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| "that part of war that regulates the conduct of armed hostilities" |
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| Prevent unnecessary suffering, safeguard certain fundamental human rights of those involved in a conflict and ultimately restore peace |
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| Principles of the Law of War |
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| Military Necessity, Proportionality, Unnecessary Suffering, Distinction |
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| Define Military Necessity |
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| justifies the employment of violence to obtain the submission of the enemy or to reach that certain military objective |
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| states the nature, duration, and scope of the engagement must not exceed that which is required to decisively counter teh hostile act or the demonstrated hostile intent |
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| Define Unnecessary Suffering |
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| Forbidden to employ arms, projectiles, or material calculated. Minimize suffering to the enemy, civilians and noncombatants |
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| requires that combatants be distinguished from noncombatants and that military objectives be distinguished from protective places |
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| those who are lawfully entitled to engage in hostilities i.e. armed forces mbrs, regular militia, guerrilla units |
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| accompany combatants but do not perform in that capacity i.e. correspondents, technical personnel, contractors, medical personnel, chaplains |
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| those who act under false pretenses in order to obtain information and communicate that info back to a hostile or potentially hostile party |
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| What are terrorists, insurgents, saboteurs, partisans |
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| They are not protected by the Law of War except when they wear a distinguishable or distinct uniform, openly carry arms, act under a distinguishable leader which they themselves operate under the law of war |
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| How do we handle detainees? |
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| search, silence, safeguard, segregate, speed, tag |
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| What are the protected places in the battlefield? What is the exception to the rule? |
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| buildings or structures that are not considered valid military targets i.e. hospitals, churhces, and mosques. Once en forces utilize these structures to stage attacks, they become valid military targets |
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| What are the different tactics used in law of war? |
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| ruses, treachery, assassination, reprisal |
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| What functions do rules of engagement perform |
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| Provide guidance from the President and SecDef to deployed units on the use of force for mission accomplishment, act as a control mechanism for transition from peacetime to combat operations (war), provides a mechanism to facilitate training and planning. Provides framework that encompasses national policy goals, mission requirements and the rule of law |
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| Define Rules of Engagement |
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| the way we can engage the enemy |
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| Purpose of Rules of Engagement |
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| Ensures national policy and obj are reflected in the action of commanders in the field esp when comm with higheris not possible, provides parameters w/i which the commander must operate IOT accomplish its assigned mission, provides restraints on cmdr's actions consistent w/ both domestic and international law, may impose greater restrictions on action than those required by law |
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| What are the levels of self defense |
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| National Self Defense, Collective Self Defense, Unit and Individual Self Defense |
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| What are the principles of self defense |
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| Necessity, deescalate, proportionality |
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| What is the purpose of ROE? |
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provide parameters within which the cmdr must operate IOT accomplish its assigned mission:
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provide a ceiling on ops and ensure the US actions do not trigger an undesired response or escalation
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may regulate a cmdr's means and method of warfare by granting or withholding the authority to use certain weapons, weapon systems or tactics
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may also reemphasize the scope of the mission
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| Who is responsible for developing and issuing ROE? |
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| Cmdrs have the obligation to ensure that the individuals within the unit understand when and how they may use force in self-defense |
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| What are the 9 principles of LoAC? |
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Marines fight only Military combatants
Marines do not harm enemies who surrender
Marines do not torture or harm EPWs or Detainees
Marines collect and care for the wounded, whether friend or foe (mission permitting)
Marines do not attack medical personnel, facilities, equipment or Chaplains (unless they forfeit their protected status).
Marines destroy no more than the mission requires
Marines treat all civilians humanely
Marines do not steal; they respect private property and possessions
Marines do their best to prevent violations of LoAC/LOW |
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| Who approves ROE for US forces? |
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