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Pentagon Removed Non-Combatant Casualty Cut-Off Value From Doctrine in 2018

Frank Wolfe

Friday, June 11th, 2021

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Pentagon Removed Non-Combatant Casualty Cut-Off Value From Doctrine in 2018

An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fires flares during a flight supporting Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) on June 21, 2017 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

As top Pentagon officials, including Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, consider the release of a final DoD Instruction (DoDI) on civilian harm by the end of this year, it remains to be seen whether DoD will re-institute Non-Combatant Casualty Cut-Off Values (NCVs), or an alternative non-numerical level of gauging the possibility of civilian casualties before U.S. airstrikes and other actions that may cause such casualties. Pentagon officials and advocates for civilian harm mitigation…

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