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DTIC ADA518067: Rules of Engagement and the Obligations of the Strategic Commander

This strategic research paper will consider the body of international law, certain founding documents of the United States, and case law precedents that have shaped and defined the inherent right to self-defense; review the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction (CJCSI), Standing Rules of Engagement (SROE); study historical engagements which generated strategic results directly related to misperceptions and confusion flowing from the SROE and operational Rules of Engagement (ROE); then recommend language, methods, and direction to ensure that the inherent right to individual self-defense is better understood and applied. The result will be a recommendation for clear, concise language in the SROE which clarifies every Soldier's inherent right to individual self-defense and compels commanders to exercise their authority, responsibility, and obligation to protect their Soldiers.

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