Enemy Prisoners of War/Detainees

Question 0

A EPW may fall under these following categories

Answer 0

-Member of the armed forces, organized militia or volunteer corps.
-Person who accompanies the armed forces without actually being a member
thereof.
-Member of a merchant marine or civilian aircraft crew not qualifying for more
favorable treatment.
-Individuals who, on the approach of the enemy, spontaneously take up arms to
resist invading forces

Question 1

The term Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW) refers to a detained person as defined where

Answer 1

Articles 4 and 5 of the Geneva Convention

Question 2

EPW is captured or turned over, the following routine security guidelines are followed. What is the acronym

Answer 2

STRESS

Question 3

What’s the acronym for STRESS

Answer 3

Search, Tag, Report, Evacuate, Segregate, Safeguard

Question 4

What does a EPW Search team consists of

Answer 4

Cover man, Search man

Question 5

What is the cover man responsible for

Answer 5

Protection for the individual who is conducting the search of an EPW

Question 6

What are the 3 types of searches

Answer 6

Hasty, Detailed, and Strip search.

Question 7

What is a Hasty search

Answer 7

Quickly pats down the EPW looking for any obvious weapons and/or documents and equipment

Question 8

What is a Detailed search

Answer 8

Thorough search, made in a secure location or before transport of the EPW

Question 9

What is a Strip search

Answer 9

Removal of all clothing and objects from the EPW.
In-depth search that only qualified personnel (i.e., a Medical Officer or Human Intelligence [HUMINT)/Counterintelligence [CI] personnel) can perform.

Question 10

Who can search female EPW

Answer 10

Searcher should be a female, but if someone other than a woman is conducting the search, then the order of preference for the searcher is: a Medical Officer (doctor), officer, corpsman, or responsible enlisted Marine

Question 11

What are items that an EPW may retain

Answer 11

• ID card, dog tags
• Letter of authorization, reflecting EPWs status
• Religious items, badges of rank and personal decorations
• Personal protective equipment

Question 12

What are items that an EPW may not retain

Answer 12

-Weapons
-Any item (e.g., a compass or map) which may
facilitate escape.

Question 13

Capture tag must indicate the following information

Answer 13

• Name of the EPW.
• Rank.
• Service number
• Date of birth.
• Date of capture.
• EPWs unit.
• Location of capture.
• Capturing unit.
• Special circumstances of capture.
• Description of weapons/documents.

Question 14

Why do we silence the EPW

Answer 14

• Keeps them from planning escapes
• Fabricating stories
• Threatening one another and cautioning each other on security

Question 15

Where do we evacuate the EPW to

Answer 15

• To a designated Collection Point.
• Collection Point is a specific area where the prisoners are kept until coordination is made to move the EPWs to a permanent holding facility

Question 16

How do we segregate the EPW

Answer 16

• Male and Female.
• Officer and Enlisted.
• Military and Civilian.
• Ethnic groups.
• Old and Young.

Question 17

For evacuation purposes, EPWs are classified as

Answer 17

• Walking wounded
• Non-walking wounded
• Sick