text: Introduction
  This publication also discusses the relevant and applicable policies, regulations, and other issuances that the
  Army and Marine Corps have followed in military operations. In discussing such issuances, this publication
  does not create any policy for Army and Marine Corps forces as the cited document remains the source of
  any such policy. Such policies, regulations, or other issuance should be reviewed for currency and
  applicability because they are frequently updated.
  Whenever possible, this publication should be used in conjunction with the appropriate treaties, as provided,
  for example, in documents published by the Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School,
  which contain the text of those various treaties. The Appendix references major LOAC treaties, separately
  referencing those treaties to which the United States is not a party (for example, Additional Protocol I to the
  Geneva Conventions).
  This publication cites applicable authorities within parenthetical references to facilitate quick reference. In
  certain cases, this publication summarizes or paraphrases treaty provisions. In the event of a conflict or
  discrepancy between this publication and a binding treaty provision, the treaty provision takes precedence.
  This publication includes references to Additional Protocol I (AP I), which has not been ratified by the United
  States and contains some provisions that the United States categorically rejects. These references to API are
  intended to provide additional content to consider where its provisions are consistent with long-standing
  practice or principles the United States has generally accepted or where the provision is based on a principle
  that the United States supports, but is not necessarily militarily acceptable in all respects (API references are
  noted with consider cites; see DOD Law of War Manual 19.20.1). Unless explicitly stated otherwise,
  reference in this publication to any provision of a treaty to which the United States is not a party is not
  intended to affirm the status of those provisions as customary international law or as otherwise binding on
  the United States. The intent is to compare U.S. practice to provisions of those treaties, and to facilitate
  understanding of likely positions of potential multinational partners who are parties to those treaties.
  Based on recent doctrinal changes, certain terms are added for which the DOD Law of War Manual or
  FM 6-27/MCTP 11-10C is a proponent. The glossary contains acronyms and defined terms. See introductory
  table-1 for specific changes.
  Introductory table-1. New Army terms
  Term Remarks
  distinction New definition.
  environmental modification technique New definition.
  general license New definition.
  honor New definition.
  humanity New definition.
  international armed conflict New definition.
  jus ad bellum New definition.
  jus in bello New definition.
  levée en masse New definition.
  military necessity New definition.
  military objective New definition.
  military passport New definition
  non-international armed conflict New definition.
  opinio juris New definition.
  parlementaire New definition.
  proportionality New definition.
  protecting power New definition.
  reprisal New definition.