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<blockquote data-quote="RobGMN" data-source="post: 8914412" data-attributes="member: 683408">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/department_of_defense_law_of_war_manual.pdf[/URL][ATTACH=full]69314[/ATTACH]5.9 PERSONS PLACED HORS DE COMBAT Persons, including combatants, placed hors de combat may not be made the object ofattack. Persons placed hors de combat include the following categories of persons, provided they abstain from any hostile act and do not attempt to escape:• persons in the power of an adverse party;• persons not yet in custody, who have surrendered;• persons who have been rendered unconscious or otherwise incapacitated by wounds, sickness, or shipwreck; and• persons parachuting from aircraft in distress.18.3.2.1 Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations. The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to perform conduct that is clearly illegal or orders that the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal. For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.Who knew?Oh. Our government did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RobGMN, post: 8914412, member: 683408"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/department_of_defense_law_of_war_manual.pdf[/URL] [ATTACH type="full" width="218px" alt="1764616130025.png"]69314[/ATTACH] 5.9 PERSONS PLACED HORS DE COMBAT Persons, including combatants, placed hors de combat may not be made the object ofattack. Persons placed hors de combat include the following categories of persons, provided they abstain from any hostile act and do not attempt to escape: • persons in the power of an adverse party;• persons not yet in custody, who have surrendered;• persons who have been rendered unconscious or otherwise incapacitated by wounds, sickness, or shipwreck; and• persons parachuting from aircraft in distress. 18.3.2.1 Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations. The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to perform conduct that is clearly illegal or orders that the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal. For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal. Who knew? Oh. Our government did. [/QUOTE]

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