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Person who does not take a direct part in hostilities during war
In the law of war, a non-combatant is a person who is not or is no longer actively participating in hostilities during a war. This includes civilians
Non-combatant
Military unit
The Non-Combatant Corps (NCC) was a corps of the British Army composed of conscientious objectors as privates, with NCOs and officers seconded from other
Non-Combatant_Corps
Date Non‑combatant country Committed by Nature of violation February 24, 2022 Romania Ukraine On the starting day of the invasion, a Ukrainian Air Force
Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
Violations_of_non-combatant_airspace_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–present)
Military rule of engagement
Non-combatant casualty value (NCV), also known as the non-combatant and civilian casualty cut-off value (NCV or NCCV), is a military rule of engagement
Non-combatant_casualty_value
Person who takes a direct part in the hostilities of an armed conflict
status of protected persons. In non-interstate or non-international armed conflicts, combatants who have fought with non-state armed groups are not afforded
Combatant
Offensive military operation
directed towards a legitimate military target and the harm caused to non-combatant targets must be proportionate to the advantage gained by such attack
Airstrike
civilians (including 124 children) were killed, and 2,996 Palestinian non-combatants (including 1,317 children) were killed. The International Institute
Civilian casualties in the Second Intifada
Civilian_casualties_in_the_Second_Intifada
Person refusing military service on moral grounds
perform alternative civilian service or to serve as a non-combatant in the army Non-Combatant Corps, according to the extent to which they could convince
Conscientious_objector
Overview of civilian casualties from U.S. drone strikes
precise counts of the total number killed, as well as the number of non-combatant civilians killed, is impossible; and tracking of strikes and estimates
Civilian casualties from the United States drone strikes
Civilian_casualties_from_the_United_States_drone_strikes
Conflict in Libya (1923–1932)
Mukhtar's desert warriors; or made horses available to them. Since the non-combatant population ensured the reproductive conditions of the adwar system and
Second_Italo-Senussi_War
Measure of armed conflicts
ratio (also civilian death ratio, civilian-combatant ratio, etc.) is the ratio of civilian casualties to combatant casualties, or total casualties. The measurement
Civilian_casualty_ratio
Operation to evacuate civilians
A Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) is an operation conducted to evacuate civilians from another country, generally due to a deteriorating security
Non-combatant evacuation operation
Non-combatant_evacuation_operation
Accusations of using civilians and civilian infrastructure to shield military targets
conflict where non-combatants are placed in the line of fire to prevent military objectives from being targeted without harming the non-combatant. The accusation
Human shields in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Human_shields_in_the_Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
Military personnel who provide first aid and frontline trauma care
irrespective of non-combatant status. As their non-combatant status is not respected, many US medics no longer wear non-combatant markings. This can
Combat_medic
Person who is not a member of a military
international law. A civilian is slightly different from a non-combatant, because some non-combatants are not civilians (for example, military chaplains, or
Civilian
Soldiers unable to fight
renders them as active combatants once again. Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, enemy combatants hors de combat are non-combatants and automatically granted
Hors_de_combat
Military unit
Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), the 3rd ESC focused priorities on the Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) and Operation Allies Refuge (OAR) that took
3rd_Corps_Sustainment_Command
Military personnel unavailable for duty
as a term in military usage, is a person in military service, combatant or non-combatant, who becomes unavailable for duty due to any of several circumstances
Casualty_(person)
U.S. Army's branch for religious services of multiple faiths
"protected and respected" on the battlefield, provided that they maintain non-combatant bearing. However, this did not formally ban chaplains from bearing arms;
Chaplain Corps (United States Army)
Chaplain_Corps_(United_States_Army)
Military unit
Council Instruction 1209 of June 1916 attempted to provide a solution; a non-combatant labour unit was to be established to accept such citizens. The 30th
Middlesex Regiment alien labour units
Middlesex_Regiment_alien_labour_units
Catholic jurisdiction in the Philippines
police, or coast guard service. All Catholic civilian human resources and non-uniformed personnel, their spouses, and children, residing either inside
Military Ordinariate of the Philippines
Military_Ordinariate_of_the_Philippines
German military decoration and symbol
Class) was black with two thin white bands, the colors of Prussia. The non-combatant version of this award had the same medal, but the black and white colors
Iron_Cross
Group of "absolutist" English conscientious objectors during the First World War
Conscripted into the British Army in 1916, they refused to undertake even non-combatant military duties. Brought together at Richmond Castle, Yorkshire, most
Richmond_Sixteen
Warship type disguised as a non-combatant
raiders are armed commerce raiding ships that disguise themselves as non-combatant merchant vessels. Germany used several merchant raiders early in World
Merchant_raider
British actor (1916–2011)
like his friend Frith Banbury, although he was obliged to serve in the Non-Combatant Corps, a member of 6 Northern Company, in Liverpool. In 1948, Gough
Michael_Gough
Successors to medieval French knights
heavy armoured horseman, a more lightly armed fellow combatant (coutillier), a page (a non-combatant) and three mounted archers meant as infantry support
Gendarme_(historical)
2000–2005 Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation
and assigned a non-combatant status. In the same 2002 IPICT full report there is a pie chart (Graph 2.9) that lists the IPICT combatant breakdown for Palestinian
Second_Intifada
Unintended consequences done to third parties
non-combatants killed or injured during combat, used to reduce the perceived culpability of military leadership in failing to prevent non-combatant casualties
Collateral_damage
Special forces unit of the Royal Netherlands Army
Afghanistan, Iraq and Mali. Moreover, the unit has conducted numerous non-combatant evacuation operations in recent years. The roots of the KCT go back
Korps_Commandotroepen
International treaties of war
humanitarian law. They establish legal standards for humanitarian treatment of non-combatants in war and protect people who are not or are no longer actively taking
Geneva_Conventions
1861–1922 land warfare branch of the Ottoman Empire's military
in all levels were combatants, a comparison to other armies that have enlisted personnel for specific tasks that were non-combatant. Before the Second
Ottoman_Army_(1861–1922)
Non-combatants placed around a target to discourage enemy attacks
A human shield is a non-combatant (or a group of non-combatants) who either volunteers or is forced to shield a target in order to deter the enemy from
Human_shield
Taliban capture of the capital of Afghanistan
journalists and human rights activists. The airlift was the largest non-combatant evacuation operation in US military history, with US military personnel
Fall_of_Kabul_(2021)
Violation of Romanian airspace and territorial waters by drones
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, several non-combatant countries in the proximity of the conflict reported breaches of their
2026 drone incidents in Romania
2026_drone_incidents_in_Romania
Amphibious assault ship of the U.S. Navy
Refresher Training to Special Contingency Operations, for possible non-combatant evacuation of American personnel from the Nicaraguan Revolution. From
USS_Saipan_(LHA-2)
was the first known Union commander to use black contrabands, in a non-combatant role, to do the physical labor duties, after he refused to return escaped
Military history of African Americans in the American Civil War
Military_history_of_African_Americans_in_the_American_Civil_War
Award
awarded in three forms: - for front-line veterans, with swords - for non-combatant veterans, without swords - for surviving widows and parents of fallen
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Honour_Cross_of_the_World_War_1914/1918
US operation to evacuate civilians
Distant Runner was a US military operation involving the evacuation of non-combatants from Rwanda in 1994 during the Rwandan Genocide. Executed from April
Operation_Distant_Runner
Vehicle which is specially designed for use by military forces
inconspicuous color(s). In contrast, under the Geneva Conventions, all non-combatant military vehicles, such as military ambulances and mobile first aid
Military_vehicle
Diving support vessels for the Indian Navy
submarine rescue, deep sea diving operations, sustained patrolling, non combatant evacuation operations and search and rescue (SAR). The induction of
Nistar-class diving support vessel
Nistar-class_diving_support_vessel
Greek non-combatant evacuation operation in Abkhazia
Fleece (Greek: Επιχείρηση Χρυσόμαλλο Δέρας) is a codename given to the non-combatant evacuation operation of ethnic Greeks from the port of Sukhumi, Abkhazia
Operation_Golden_Fleece
Principle in international conflict law
combatants and non-combatants (protected civilians): parties to a conflict must “direct their operations only against military objectives.” Combatant
Distinction_(law)
Battle on the Western Front in 1945
dissolved his army group on 15 April and ordered the Volkssturm and non-combatant personnel to discard their uniforms and go home. On 16 April the bulk
Ruhr_pocket
during the interrogation of POWs and enemy combatants, and the use of violence against civilian non-combatants and their property. War crimes are defined
British_war_crimes
Performing the service in the armed forces of a state
fifteen countries have been identified as having a civilian, unarmed or non-combatant service optional alternative to compulsory military service: Angola
Military_service
Series of eleven patrol vessels for the Indian Navy
anti piracy, counter-infiltration, anti poaching, anti trafficking, non combatant evacuation operations, Search and Rescue (SAR), protection of offshore
Shachi-class patrol vessel (2026)
Shachi-class_patrol_vessel_(2026)
Conflict in which all of a nation's resources are deployed
differentiation between combatants and civilians diminishes due to the capacity of opposing sides to consider nearly every human, including non-combatants, as resources
Total_war
Doctrine about when a war is ethically just
University Press, 1975: pp. 16-39. Allmand, Christopher (1999). "War and the Non-Combatant in the Middle Ages". In Medieval Warfare: A History, pp. 253–272. Gregory
Just_war_theory
Catholic military order, 1118 to 1312
fighting units of the Crusades. They were prominent in Christian finance; non-combatant members of the order, who made up as much as 90% of their members, managed
Knights_Templar
ranging from anti-piracy, counterterrorism, and intelligence gathering to non-combatant evacuation operations and peacekeeping support. People's Liberation
Foreign military bases in Djibouti
Foreign_military_bases_in_Djibouti
1998 military operation and war crime
indiscriminate force by Serbian forces leading to excess (and intentional) non-combatant casualties. Adem and Hamëz Jashari were members of the Kosovo Liberation
Attack_on_Prekaz
Close-in weapon system
carrier USS Coral Sea in 1980. The Navy began placing CIWS systems on non-combatant vessels in 1984. The basis of the system is the 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary
Phalanx_CIWS
Roman soldier
vitis (carried by all centurions). On either side of his image are his non-combatant servants, Privatus and Thiaminus, both of whom perished in the battle
Marcus_Caelius
involvement in the 2006 Lebanon War refers to the supply of military aid to combatants during the course of the 2006 Lebanon War, which has been an important
Foreign involvement in the 2006 Lebanon War
Foreign_involvement_in_the_2006_Lebanon_War
War crime involving breaking of a promise
an incapacitation by wounds or sickness; The feigning of civilian, non-combatant status; and The feigning of protected status by the use of signs, emblems
Perfidy
Award
inscribed AUS EROBERTEM GESCHUETZ (From conquered cannon). The medal for non-combatants is made of steel. It follows a similar design with only minor deviations
War Commemorative Medal of 1870–1871
War_Commemorative_Medal_of_1870–1871
Medium machine gun
stocks of machine guns ran low and no outside source was available. Non-combatant nations found that the belligerent nations were unable to supply as
ALFA_M44
American spy comedy
It feature cameos and 360 video segments. Zach Anner as Annersby, a non-combatant who assists Gavin at MI6 Burnie Burns as Burnardo Burnadicci, of the
The_Eleven_Little_Roosters
Military service branch responsible for health and medical care for military personnel
A medical corps is an explicitly non-combatant a military branch or officer corps responsible for medical care for serving military personnel. Such officers
Medical_corps
Injury to an individual's moral conscience and values
provide aid, and 20 percent reported being responsible for the death of a non-combatant. Similar work has been conducted in a Canadian military context – out
Moral_injury
British studio potter (1920–1981)
return to Britain in 1942, he served as a conscientious objector in the Non-Combatant Corps. In 1946, with no previous experience in ceramics, he began working
Hans_Coper
Inability of a person or entity to be held liable for a violation of the law
that provides immunity to non-combatants in time of war. This category includes not only civilians but also former combatants, such as fighters rendered
Legal_immunity
Raiding method of medieval warfare
Boydell&Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84383-611-7. Lynch, Lucy (2014). "'Protecting the non-combatant': Chivalry, Codes and the Just War Theory" (PDF). Ex Historia. 6: 58–80
Chevauchée
Cargo ship of the United States Navy
was launched on 27 March 1997, and delivered on 18 November 1998. A non-combatant roll-on/roll-off (RORO) vessel crewed by U.S. civilian mariners under
MV_Bob_Hope
Law of war to protect non-combatants
points seem to be these: In battle and in towns taken by force, combatants and non-combatants were killed and property was destroyed or looted." In the 17th
International humanitarian law
International_humanitarian_law
Aerial service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
The Quint Exposes Army's Abused Sahayak System". 24 February 2017. "Non Combatant(Enrolled) – Pension Chart". Principal Controller of Defence Accounts
Indian_Air_Force
Operation Autumn Return was a non-combatant evacuation operation of the United States armed forces conducted from September 22 to October 4, 2002, in
Operation_Autumn_Return
2023 French evacuation from Sudan
Operation Sagittaire was a French non-combatant evacuation operation from 22 to 28 April 2023 in Sudan. On 15 April 2023, the paramilitary Rapid Support
Operation_Sagittaire
Intense armed conflict
legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties. War has changed in numerous ways over the
War
Command of the Canadian defence body
weapons of mass destruction Maritime special operations Support to non-combatant evacuation operations Special protection operations Defence, diplomacy
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
Canadian_Special_Operations_Forces_Command
leaders" (Michael Walzer, 2002). "the organized use of violence to attack non-combatants ('innocents' in a special sense) or their property for political purposes"
Definition_of_terrorism
Soldiers that accompanied men-at-arms or knights in battle
three men; a knight, a squire who served as a fighting auxiliary, and a non-combatant squire, primarily concerned on the battlefield with looking after the
Lance_fournie
NATO operation in Eastern Europe since 2025
to counter Russian aggression Øresund drone incident Violations of non-combatant airspaces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine Zapad 2025, Russian-Belarusian
Operation_Eastern_Sentry
Civilians killed, injured, or imprisoned by non-civilians
of non-combatants or unavoidable or accidental destruction of non-combatant property caused by attacks on legitimate military targets. Civilian Non-combatant
Civilian_casualty
British sociologist and Anglican priest (1929–2019)
to 1947. After national service as a conscientious objector in the Non-Combatant Corps (1948–50) he trained as a primary school teacher at Westminster
David_Martin_(sociologist)
Topics referred to by the same term
the free dictionary. A prisoner of war is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately
Prisoner of War (disambiguation)
Prisoner_of_War_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
unfit for service in a war or natural disaster Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare The emergency department of a hospital
Casualty
2025 American film
him heavily scarred, and in recompense Beckford had been declared a non-combatant to be left alone by the Apache tribe. Victorio releases Beckford and
Frontier_Crucible
Use of violence to achieve political or ideological aims
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard
Terrorism
Spanish politician (1907–1993)
During the Spanish Civil War he supported the Republicans, though in a non-combatant role for fear of killing one of his six brothers, who were all on Franco's
Luis_Gabriel_Portillo
1996 Evacuation operation in Liberia
Operation Assured Response was a non-combatant evacuation operation in Liberia carried out by United States armed forces in 1996. In April 1996, in response
Operation_Assured_Response
Guided Missile Launching System
commissioned, the first US Navy combat ship with the Mark 26 GMLS. Non-combatant USS Norton Sound also had the Mark 26 in the early 1970s for Aegis testing
Mark_26_missile_launcher
Proposed land mine designs
to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines as a way of reducing non-combatant and civilian injury. Critics claim that new technology is unreliable
Smart_mine
Military unit
majority of its members adopting the name Solidarity Collectives. These non-combatant organisation were dedicated to providing protective gear to frontline
Resistance Committee (Ukraine)
Resistance_Committee_(Ukraine)
German military officer and war criminal (1895–1945)
In Warsaw, he was responsible for up to 30,000 killed, most of them non-combatants. His methods included rape and torture, and he personally kept numerous
Oskar_Dirlewanger
2025 Norwegian historical war thriller film
Canon 2 ("Aron") Niels Halstensen Skåber as Private Egil Hansen, a non-combatant called in to man one of the canons Valdemar Dørmænen Irgens as Private
The_Battle_of_Oslo
Military unit
than normal labour payments, and was in fact a greater rate of pay than combatant soldiers at that time. The initial recruitment plans' labour requirement
South African Native Labour Corps
South_African_Native_Labour_Corps
Form of internment camp for political prisoners
later morphed into extermination camps), the British confinement of non-combatants during the Second Boer War, the internment of German, Italian, and Japanese
Concentration_camp
Organization in Nazi Germany
The Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst; RAD) was a major paramilitary organization established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the
Reich_Labour_Service
Collateral damage, including the infliction of incidental damage to non-combatant targets during an attack on or attempting to attack legitimate targets
List of bioterrorist incidents
List_of_bioterrorist_incidents
1997 US operation to evacuate American citizens from Albania
Operation Silver Wake was a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) led by the United States to evacuate American citizens, noncombatants and designated
Operation_Silver_Wake
1876 Ottoman massacre of Bulgarian civilians
common estimate being 5,000 casualties. The indiscriminate slaughter of non-combatant civilians at Batak shocked the general public in Western Europe and
Batak_massacre
American legal concept
Look up enemy combatant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Enemy combatant is a term for a person who, either lawfully or unlawfully, engages in hostilities
Enemy_combatant
Non-combatant military unit
in a non-combatant labour unit and this offer was accepted by the British government in 1917. The unit consisted of 101 men. The officers and non-commissioned
Fijian_Labour_Corps
Military unit
the Brigade has a Guide Unit (誘導隊, Yūdō-tai), serving as its NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operations) unit. Currently, they are attached to current
1st_Airborne_Brigade_(Japan)
Submarine under 150 tons
with surface ships and other submarines as mother ships. Civilian and non-combatant military types are generally called submersibles and normally work with
Midget_submarine
January 1870 killing of Native Americans by the U.S. Army in Montana
warriors. This claim contradicted Baker's earlier reports and implied 150 non-combatant deaths. Still, de Trobriand stated that the attack was a "complete success
Marias_Massacre
Ministers to military personnel
Conventions do state (Protocol I, 8 June 1977, Art 43.2) that chaplains are non-combatants: they do not have the right to participate directly in hostilities.
Military_chaplain
British artist (1912–1977)
as an intending conscientious objector. He was conscripted into the Non-Combatant Corps in 1941, then into the Royal Pioneer Corps, working as a clerk
Keith_Vaughan
Form of alternative service or unfree labour
Labour battalions have been a form of alternative service or unfree labour in various countries in lieu of or resembling regular military service. In some
Labour_battalion
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