Scott Jones

So we've got to go out and whack those cunts that the SAS were trying to kill, but they've just... They've bugged out for the last month in country and given us an opportunity.

So I... am the lead...

given that these are signals intelligence targeting roles, I became the lead for these jobs.

So one of the first jobs at night, they basically say, you've got a four-hour window now.

During this time with a certain asset on station, if this individual flags up, we're going to go out and kill him.

And what's important to note is,

The role of the infantry is to seek out and close with the enemy, to kill and capture him.

And there's a reason why they put the word kill before capture.

And that's why I have it tattooed on my arm because in my first orders, I wrote kill capture and then I crossed out capture because it's easier to kill.

The reason why it's written that way, I feel, in my own opinion, is because it's easier to kill someone than capture them if they are the bad dude.

Go and catch a suicide bomber.

Go and catch a rabid dog.

It's easier and safer for everyone in your team and everyone around you to kill that individual.

So that is why in orders, the first line of orders, it says kill, kill, capture.

So ROE 429 Alpha gave you the ability to kill people that were on the JPL.

So if the individual that we're going to kill, the dude that we're targeting during this mission window, the objective, it is written in law, in ROE, ISAF ROE 429, any person placed on the JPL is deemed to be taking a direct part in hostilities at all times.

This came out in the Buried and Report.

And I had to read this like countless times at night when everyone else is asleep.

I want to make sure of this because the way I read it is-

If I see the dude, I'm required to kill him on sight because at all times he's taking a direct part in hostilities.