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December 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM

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Dom Ervolina

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Do you think Hegseth knows this manual exists?

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 6d

Page 1075 of the DoD Law of War Manual:

"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."

Third, when appropriate, service members should ask questions through appropriate
channels and consult with the command legal adviser on issues relating to the law of war.

18.3.2 Refuse to Comply With Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations.
Members of the armed forces must refuse to comply with clearly illegal orders to commit law of
war violations. In addition, orders should not be construed to authorize implicitly violations of
law of war.

18.3.2.1 Clearly Illegal Orders to Commit Law of War Violations. The
requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to
perform conduct that is clearly illegal or orders that the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal.
For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.2 Similarly, orders to

24 Refer to § 5.10.2 (Responsibility of Commanders for Implementing the Principle of Proportionality in Conducting
Attacks).
25 Refer to § 18.7 (Instructions, Regulations, and Procedures to Implement and Enforce the Law of War).
26 Refer to § 18.7.2.3 (Setting Higher Standards as a Matter of Policy).
27 Judgement in Case of Lieutenants Dithmar and Boldt, Hospital Ship "Llandovery Castle" (Second Criminal
Senate of the Imperial Court of Justice, Germany, Jul. 16, 1921), reprinted in 16 AJIL, 708, 721-22 (1922) ("It is
certainly to be urged in favor of the military subordinates, that they are under no obligation to question the order of
their superior officer, and they can count upon its legality. But no such confidence can be held to exist, if such an
order is universally known to everybody, including also the accused, to be without any doubt whatever against the
law. This happens only in rare and exceptional cases. But this case was precisely one of them, for in the present
instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else
but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they w

December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM

William Brown

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November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM