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16 Cards in this Set
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A commander has the authority and obligation to use all necessary means available and to take all appropriate actions to defend that commander's unit and other US forces in the vicinity from a hostile act or demonstration of hostile intent.
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Inherent Right of Self-Defense
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What three sets of considerations is ROE driven by?
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1. Policy
2. Legal 3. Military |
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Fundamental policies and procedures governing the use of force by US commanders and their forces during all DOD civil support, including military assistance to civil
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Standing Rules for the Use of Force
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A principle of customary international law that, apart from the exceptions provided for in international law, ships flying the flag of any sovereign state shall not suffer interference from other states. This right is now also codified as article 87(1)a of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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Freedom of Navigation
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Straits that are used for international navigation between one part of the high seas or an exclusive
economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone are subject to the legal regime of ___________. |
Transit passage
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International law provides that ships (but not aircraft) of all nations enjoy the right of ___________ for the purpose of continuous and expeditious traversing of the territorial sea or for proceeding to or from internal waters.
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Innocent passage
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Self-defense includes the authority to pursue and engage hostile forces that continue to commit hostile acts or exhibit hostile intent.
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Pursuit of hostile forces
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Should a foreign ship fail to heed an order to stop and submit to a proper law enforcement action when the coastal nation has good reason to believe that the ship has violated the laws and regulations of that nation, _______ may be initiated.
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Hot pursuit
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The threat of imminent use of force against the United States, US forces, and in certain circumstances, US nationals, their property, US commercial assets, and/or other designated non-US forces, foreign nationals and their property. Also, the threat of force to preclude or impede the mission and/or duties of US forces, including the recovery of US personnel or vital USG property.
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Hostile intent
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An attack or other use of force against the United States, US forces, and, in certain circumstances, US nationals, their property, US commercial assets, and/or other designated non-US forces, foreign nationals and their property. It is also force used directly to preclude or impede the mission and/or duties of US forces, including the recovery of US personnel and vital US Government property.
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Hostile act
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The requirement that a use of force be in response to a hostile act or demonstration of hostile intent.
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Necessity
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The requirement that the use of force be in all circumstances limited in intensity, duration, and scope
to that which is reasonably required to counter the attack or threat of attack and to ensure the continued safety of U.S. forces. |
Proportionality
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An area extending seaward from the baseline up to 24 nautical miles in which the coastal nation may exercise the control necessary to prevent or punish infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, and sanitary laws and regulations that occur within its territory or
territorial sea. |
Contiguous zone
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A belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state.
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Territorial waters
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A resource-related zone adjacent to the territorial sea—where a State has certain sovereign rights (but not sovereignty) and may not extend beyond 200 nautical
miles from the baseline. |
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
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Ships, or under certain circumstances aircraft, have the right to enter a foreign territorial sea or archipelagic waters and corresponding airspace without the permission of the coastal or island state to engage in legitimate efforts to render emergency assistance to those in danger or distress from perils of the sea.
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Right of Assistance Entry
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