The Impact of the Standing Rules of Engagement (SROE) on Peace Enforcement Operations.

Abstract

The credibility of U.S. Armed Forces in the future may well depend on how they perform during peace enforcement operations. This implies that rules of engagement (ROE) for peace enforcement operations must be carefully written to provide maximum protection to U.S. Forces and to prevent excessive use of force in order to maintain public and political support. On 22 December 1994, after Operation Restore Hope and during Operation Uphold Democracy, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) published the SROE. The SROE, which superseded the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peacetime ROE (PROE), became the current basis for drafting operation-specific ROE. This paper reviews the PROE process used in Operation Restore Hope and Operation Uphold Democracy; identifies the problems which occurred and how they were solved; demonstrates that the new SROE would neither have prevented nor solved these problems more easily; and concludes with recommendations for improving the SROE process for future peace enforcement operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 12, 1996
Accession Number
ADA307468

Entities

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  • Craig L. Grotzky

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • Law
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Military Police
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Police
  • Psychological Operations
  • Rules Of Engagement
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • Warfare

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