text: FM 2-22.3 _________________________________________________________________________________
  – Official medical personnel of the armed forces exclusively engaged in the
  search for, or the collection, transport or treatment of wounded or sick, or in
  the prevention of disease, and staff exclusively engaged in the administration
  of medical units and facilities.
  – Chaplains attached to the armed forces.
  – Staff of National Red Cross 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.
  • Protected Persons: Include civilians entitled to protection under the GC,
  including those we retain in the course of a conflict, no matter what the reason.
  • Enemy Combatant: In general, a person engaged in hostilities against the
  United States or its coalition partners during an armed conflict. The term
  “enemy combatant” includes both “lawful enemy combatants” and “unlawful
  enemy combatants.” All captured or detained personnel, regardless of status,
  shall be treated humanely, and in accordance with the Detainee Treatment Act
  of 2005 and DOD Directive 2310.1E, “Department of Defense Detainee
  Program”, and no person in the custody or under the control of DOD, regardless
  of nationality or physical location, shall be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman,
  or degrading treatment or punishment, in accordance with and as defined in US
  law.
  – Lawful Enemy Combatant: Lawful enemy combatants, who are entitled to
  protections under the Geneva Conventions, include members of the regular
  armed forces of a State Party to the conflict; militia, volunteer corps, and
  organized resistance movements belonging to a State Party to the conflict,
  which are under responsible command, wear a fixed distinctive sign
  recognizable at a distance, carry their arms openly, and abide by the laws of
  war; and members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a
  government or an authority not recognized by the detaining power.
  – Unlawful Enemy Combatant: Unlawful enemy combatants are persons not
  entitled to combatant immunity, who engage in acts against the United
  States or its coalition partners in violation of the laws and customs of war
  during an armed conflict. For the purposes of the war on terrorism, the term
  “unlawful enemy combatant” is defined to include, but is not limited to, an
  individual who is or was part of or supporting Taliban or al Qaeda forces, or
  associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or
  its coalition partners.
  Headquarters, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is the
  proponent for this publication. The preparing agency is the US Army Intelligence
  Center and Fort Huachuca, Fort Huachuca, AZ. Send written comments and
  recommendations on DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and
  Blank Forms) directly to Commander, ATZS-CDI-D (FM 2-22.3), U.S. Army
  Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca, 550 Cibeque Street, Fort Huachuca, AZ
  85613-7017. Send comments and recommendations by e-mail to ATZS-FDT-
  D@hua.army.mil. Follow the DA Form 2028 format or submit an electronic DA Form
  2028.
  Unless otherwise stated, masculine nouns and pronouns do not refer exclusively to
  men. Use of the terms “he” and “him” in this manual should be read as referring to
  both males and females unless otherwise expressly noted.