FOREWORD
During our Army's participation in recent contingency operations from Panama to Northern Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia, one significant issue has repeatedly stood out: How to prepare our troops to apply the Rules of Engagement (ROE).
This publication defines the standing ROE (SROE) established by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and surveys the Army's current methodology for developing and applying ROE. During peace operations, our current methodology imposes additional constraints on soldiers in the use of force. These constraints tend to be legalistic or "legislative." Specific ROE for peace operations are usually tailored for a particular contingency only after the major command has been alerted for the mission. Only then do combat-ready units normally train for the more restrictive peace operations ROE. Thus, peace operations ROE tend to be "add-ons" to normal training.
The alternative methodology described here proposes that ROE be internalized by soldiers using a set of core, baseline rules which are applicable in both combat and peace operations. This training model, called the "RAMP" concept, enables units and soldiers to train continually on a common set of baseline rules which should serve them well in any contingency.
The
RAMP concept is not Army doctrine. This publication of the concept should not
be construed as being emerging doctrine approved by any Army proponent agency,
the Army legal community, or the Army leadership.
EDWARD
J. FITZGERALD
COL,
IN
Director,
Center for Army Lessons Learned
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I: The Dilemma: Crossing the Rubicon|
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