"Under established International Law, you are considered a belligerent until captured. As long as the national uniform is worn, soldiers are considered to be under orders to evade capture, and not to surrender voluntarily. This entitles you to commit acts of violence against legitimate military targets without the risk of prosecution after capture for violation of the local criminal law. For example, it would be permissible to kill, in the line of duty, any of the enemy who may impede your effort to evade capture. Such entitlement does not extend to you as an escapee. Such a killing by you as an escapee would be considered murder and you would be liable for trial and punishment."I'm off to the woods until Monday. Have a great weekend!
7 comments:
Obviously, I hope you remembered to bring the manual.
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Have a good time, AP. And for heaven's sake, don't get captured!
Umm,yeah. Be careful and travel safe...
Fascinating. I love the Army Field Manual. Need to know how much water to take camping in the desert? Check the Field Manual! Need to know how far you can reasonably hike in a day? Check the Field Manual!
Fascinating. I suppose this means that Steve McQueen's character in "The Great Escape" was guilty for any number of charges of assault. Ashley-Pitt was guilty of murder and the sentence was carried out immediately.
Escapees are not allowed to kill? I think being an escapee means that one is avoiding recapture. In this sense it is still one's duty to evade and not surrender voluntarily.
The rational I believe is that the escapee is not under military command and not in a uniform identifing he is an enemy combatant.
If you are not identifing yourself an enemy combatant you have no right to commit violence against the enemy. Presumably the escapee can steal food and other supplies to aid his escape.
AR350-30 Code of Conduct,Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape(SERE) Training 1985
Chapter 4 Article III
j. Individuals who are recaptured after an escape attempt are
protected by Articles 91 through 94 of the GPW. The GPW states
that punishment will be for the escape attempt only, provided that—
(1) PWs have committed offenses for the sole purpose of aiding
their escape.
(2) Offenses committed do not involve violence against life or
limb.
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