SITUATION
You are the leader of a squad that is part of Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/5. The BLT has been in the country of Cortina for one week performing peacekeeping and security missions in support of an international humanitarian relief effort. As a result of years of internal strife and factional fighting, Cortina has experienced a total breakdown of essential services such as medical treatment and food and water distribution. Your squad consists of 13 Marines, two Marine Interrogator/Translators and one Navy Corpsmen. Your squad has been ordered to conduct a series of routine presence night patrols in the village of Shughart-Gordon. The majority of the village populace supports the U.S. led humanitarian effort underway in their country. However, there are some small (but vocal) factions that have been attempting to undermine the U.S. mission. Local authorities are supportive of the U.S. effort. However, many members of the Shughart-Gordon police force resent U.S. forces as they have diminished police authority among the populace and all but halted the graft and corruption once associated with the police.
SPECIAL SITUATION
The following Rules of Engagement (ROE) apply:
1. Necessary and proportional force is authorized to control disturbances and disperse crowds threatening essential civic order.
2. Persons observed committing serious criminal acts will be detained using minimal force necessary up to and including deadly force. Serious criminal acts include homicide, aggravated assault, rape, arson and robbery. If you have exhausted all reasonable graduated response techniques and, in your opinion it appears that there will be a loss of human life, the use of deadly force may be used (as a last resort). Loss of life includes civilian on civilian violence.
3. Deadly force is not authorized to disarm Cortinians, enforce curfews, or stop looting, unless those individuals involved engage in hostile acts or demonstrate hostile intent. The looting or loss of non- sensitive equipment from U.S. sites or convoys are not grounds for the use of deadly force. Burglary and larceny are defined as looting, breaking and entering or stealing. These situations only warrant the use of non-lethal force "unless" the perpetrator is armed and displaying a hostile intent. In any situation, the existence of a perpetrator with a weapon displaying hostile intent is grounds for considering hostile intent. Hostile intent is defined as: pointing a weapon at an individual(s); holding hostages; discharging a weapon; striking an individual(s) with a weapon; and threatening to use the weapon or evidence of recent use of a weapon.
Your squad is currently conducting its first night patrol in Shughart-Gordon Village. The time is 0130, Shughart-Gordon has a 2100 curfew. Your patrol is moving to the north along the western most street. Some of the streetlights are operational. As you approach the police station (building number 12) the following sequence of events takes place:
1. A police guard is startled by your presence, he lowers his weapon and points it at the patrol.
2. Shots are fired from the vicinity of the cantina (building number 28), but not at your patrol.
3. Your rear guard reports that five individuals are following your patrol.
4. A woman comes screaming out of a house (building number 27), a man is chasing her with a machete.
5. A crowd of intoxicated civilians is discharging firearms in the vicinity of the townhouse due north of your patrol (building number 13). Several local residents approach the patrol and ask for your assistance in putting a stop to the firing.
REQUIREMENTS
In a time limit of 15 minutes relate the orders that you would issue to your squad for each event. Remember that these events occurred in the sequence above. Be prepared to provide an explanation of your plan and possible alternatives should the situation either escalate or deescalate with each event.
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