text: Glossary
  *proportionality
  The LOAC principle requiring combatants to refrain from attacks in which the expected loss of civilian
  life, injury to civilians, and damage to civilian objects would be excessive in relation to the concrete
  and direct military advantage expected to be gained.
  protected emblems
  The red cross, red crescent, and other symbols that designate that persons, places, or equipment so
  marked have a protected status under the law of war. Also called the distinctive emblems. (JP 3-60)
  protected persons/protected places
  Persons (such as enemy prisoners of war) and places (such as hospitals) that enjoy special protections
  under the law of war and which may or may not be marked with protected emblems. (JP 3-84)
  *protecting power
  A neutral or non-belligerent State having a humanitarian role in armed conflict.
  repatriation
  1.The procedure whereby American citizens and their families are officially processed back into the
  United States subsequent to an evacuation. See also evacuation. (JP 3-68) 2. The release and return of
  enemy prisoners of war to their own country in accordance with the 1949 Geneva Convention Relative
  to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. (JP 1-0)
  *reprisal
  Acts that are otherwise not permitted by LOAC in order to persuade a party to the conflict to cease
  violating LOAC.
  retained personnel
  Detainees who fall into one of the following categories: a. Designated enemy medical personnel and
  medical staff administrators who are engaged in either the search for, collection, transport, or treatment
  of the wounded or sick, or the prevention of disease; b. Staff of National Red Cross and Red Crescent
  Societies and that of other volunteer aid societies, duly recognized and authorized by their
  governments to assist medical service personnel of their own armed forces, provided they are
  exclusively engaged in the search for, or the collection, transport or treatment of wounded or sick, or in
  the prevention of disease, and provided that the staff of such societies are subject to military laws and
  regulations; c. Chaplains attached to enemy armed forces. Also called RP. See also personnel.
  (JP 3-63)
  safeguard
  A detachment, guard, or detail posted by a commander for the protection of persons, places, or
  property of the enemy, or of a neutral affected by the relationship of belligerent forces in their
  prosecution of war or during circumstances amounting to a state of belligerency (see Manual for
  Courts-Martial (2016), part IV, para. 26 (art. 102)).
  *safe-conduct pass
  A document issued by a commander of belligerent forces, but to persons residing or traveling outside
  territory occupied by such forces, to enter and remain within or pass through areas occupied by such
  forces.
  *special license
  A document that allows individuals to take a particular voyage or journey to import or export particular
  goods.
  *suspension of arms
  A form of local armistice concluded between commanders of military forces for some local military
  purpose, such as to recover and bury the dead, to collect and care for the wounded and sick, to arrange
  for exchange of prisoners, or to enable a commander to communicate with his or her government or
  superior. Also called a suspension of fire.