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Appendix G 286 ATP 5-0.2-1 07 December 2020 Weather. Posture. Strength of friendly and enemy forces. Opposition factor. Surprise factor. Sophistication factor. The output of the medical COA tool and Army casualty estimate tool are worksheets of estimated casualties, required evacuation, and hospitalization estimates. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS G-163. Commanders at all levels consult their legal advisor before and during the conduct of operations (for additional information, see Department of Defense Law of War, FM 6-27/MCTP 11-10C, AR 27-1, ADP 4-0, ADP 1-01, AR 600-8, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice [Sections 801–946, Title 10, United States Code]). G-164. Rules of engagement are directives issued by competent military authority that delineate the circumstances and limitations under which United States forces will initiate and/or continue combat engagement with other forces encountered. Also called ROE (JP 3-84). ROE are commanders' tools for regulating the use of force. The legal sources that provide the foundation for ROE are complex and include customary and treaty law principles from the laws of war. As a result, judge advocates participate significantly in the preparation, dissemination, and training of ROE. G-165. ROE serve three purposes: (1) provide guidance to deployed units on the use of force, (2) act as a control mechanism for the transition from peacetime to combat operations, and (3) provide a mechanism to facilitate planning. ROE provide a framework that encompasses national policy goals, mission requirements, and the law. ROE provide parameters within which commanders must operate to accomplish their assigned mission: ROE provide a limit on operations and ensure that U.S. actions do not trigger undesired escalation, for example, by forcing a potential opponent into a "self-defense" response. ROE may regulate a commander's capability to influence a military action by granting or withholding the authority to use particular weapon systems or tactics. ROE may also reemphasize the scope of a mission. Units deployed overseas for training exercises may be limited to use of force only in self defense, reinforcing the training rather than combat nature of the mission. G-166. Unit commanders always retain the inherent right and obligation to exercise unit self defense in response to a hostile act or demonstrated hostile intent. Unless otherwise directed by a unit commander as detailed below, military members may exercise individual self defense in response to a hostile act or demonstrated hostile intent. When individuals are assigned and acting as part of a unit, individual self defense is considered a subset of unit self defense. As such, unit commanders may limit individual self defense by members of their unit. Both unit and individual self defense include defense of other U.S. military forces in the vicinity. HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT G-167. Material in this section is derived from ADP 4-0, FM 4-0, FM 4-02, ATP 4-02.1, ATP 4-02.2, ATP 4-02.3, ATP 4-02.5, ATP 4-02.7/MCRP 4-11.1F/NTTP 4-02.7/AFTTP 3-42.3, ATP 4-02.10, ATP 4- 02.55, ATP 4-02.83/MCRP 4-11.1B/NTRP 4-02.21/AFMAN 44-161(l), ATP 4-25.12, and TC 4-02.1. G-168. Health service support (HSS) encompasses all support and services performed, provided, and arranged by the AHS to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the behavioral and physical well-being of Army personnel and, as directed, other Services, agencies, and organizations. This includes— Medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) (including medical regulating). Medical treatment (organic and area support), including— Dental care (treatment aspects).