AMO Applicant, Taking MSC Small Arms, No Firearms Experience

[DeckApe]

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If seen as combatants they are protected by the Geneva Convention, but if seen as civilians they may be convicted for any act of violence etc. under civilian law.

There was a thread addressing this several months ago.

Navy Turning Civilian Support Vessel Into Warship

so now we really do have USS ships with both uniformed crew and civmars. But who answers to who? you can’t have both a master and a CO…can you?