EPWs

Question 1

EPW handling guidelines

Answer 1

S - Search
T - Tag
R - Report
E - Evacuate
S - Segregate
S- Safeguard

Question 2

Types of EPW Searches

Answer 2

Hasty Search - Searcher quickly pats down the EPW looking for any obvious weapons and/or documents and equipment.

Detailed Search - More thorough search, made in a secure location or before transport of the EPW. Before conducting the search, determine if the searcher will have the EPWs lined up facing a wall, prone position or the push up position.

Strip Search - Performed by removing clothing and objects from the EPW. It is an in-depth search that only qualified personnel (Medical Officer, HUMINT or CI personnel) can perform.

Question 3

EPW retain/not retain

Answer 3

Retain: boots, clothing, food, water, medicine, PPE, religious items, rank ID/dog tags, personal equipment

Not retain: weapon, compass, map (things that facilitate escape), money, watch (bribery, discerning patterns)

Question 4

EPW Capture Tag items (10)

Answer 4

Name
Rank
Service number
Date of birth
Date of capture
EPWs unit
Location of capture
Capturing unit
Special circumstances of capture
Description of weapons/documents

Question 5

Three Parts of EPW Tag

DD Form 2745

Answer 5

A - Detainee
B - Capturing Unit
C - Property

Question 6

EPW segregation groups (5)

Answer 6

Male and Female
Officer and Enlisted
Military and Civilian
Ethnic Groups
Old and Young

Question 7

Order of preference for searching female EPWs

Answer 7

Medical Officer
Officer
Corpsman
Responsible enlisted Marine

Question 8

EPW Medical classifications

Answer 8

• walking wounded
• non walking wounded
• sick

Walking wounded EPWs are evacuated through MP EPW evac channels.

Non walking wounded and the sick are delivered to the nearest medical aid station and evacuated through medical channels.

Question 9

EPW Safeguard Considerations

Answer 9

• may not be murdered, mutilated, tortured, degraded or punished for alleged criminal acts without a previous judgment pronounced by a legally constituted
• allowing an EPW to retain items of personal protection (e.g. Helmets and flak jackets) as the Geneva Convention forbids a captor from placing an EPW at greater risk than his captors
• preventing or stopping any/all violent actions that occurs between EPWs while they are being detained
• will not be located next to obvious targets such as ammunition sites, fuel facilities, or communications equipment
• first aid and medical treatment will be provided to the same extent that the US provides to its own forces