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retained personnel

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Enemy personnel who come within any of the categories below are eligible to be certified as retained personnel. a. Medical personnel exclusively engaged in the: (1) Search for collection, transport, or treatment of the wounded or sick; (2) Prevention of disease; and/or (3) Staff administration of medical units and establishments exclusively. b. Chaplains attached to enemy armed forces. c. Staff of national Red Cross societies and other voluntary aid societies duly recognized and authorized by their governments. The staffs of such societies must be subject to military laws and regulations. Also called RP. See also personnel.


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Both full-time and retained personnel are trained to an exceptionally high standard.
Of primary importance within such guidance were two basic Department of the Army documents: Army Regulation (AR) 190-8, Enemy Prisoners of War, Retained Personnel, Civilian Internees and Other Detainees (October 1, 1997), and Army Field Manual (FM) 34-52, Intelligence Interrogation (September 28, 1992).
Principal Inspector Alistair McNab said: "The health and safety of retained personnel may be put at risk due to inadequacies in training.
 
 
 
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