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big bad john said:ROE Rule 1) If they are trying to kill me or mine or those I am defending RETURN FIRE! If you have to think about it, please have the courtesy to ensure that your will is made out and that your affairs are in order.
I really wouldn't want to serve with you, I would never know if my back was covered.
my question was in the event of an operational asset being stolen how do you determine when it's time to apply deadly force, IF they are not threatening your life, if they got hostile problem solved, but if they just turn and laugh what then?
when I took my PSTC trg we were shown many scenarios on tape, one was a gate gaurd waving good by to locals working as translaters, then the translators crossed the street and were gunned down, the guard opens up (right on) and then we discussed whether or not that was propper application of deadly force, the instructor to my dismay said no, becuase the gunman was only attacking the translators not the guard...
I stated then that I'd open up if I were in the same situation and protect the translators and face the court martial rather than live with not having done anything to help them.
In my opinion a translator would be both a mission critical asset and an ally... this bothered me