On the line was a soldier deployed to the early phase of the war in Afghanistan. Elder was about a year into his new role, developing personal equipment for Special Operations units, and the solider was calling from a bomb crater where he was sheltering from enemy fire. So over the next year, he and his team created something called the protective combat uniform PCU.
Clothing specs for the Special Forces are very extreme because, in the field, soldiers may have little to no control over the conditions they face and no ability to remove themselves from those conditions. If you or I get a little too cold or wet on a camping trip, we can usually do something about it: start a fire, crawl into our sleeping bag, go home, whatever.
But that soldier under fire, sheltering in a crater, needs to be able to stay comfortable and alive even if that crater is full of water and the weather is below freezing, while concentrating on the battle. Elder nailed the requirements with that first PCU system.
Whereas previous combat uniforms were designed simply to keep soldiers dry, Elder decided to focus on getting them dry. Beyond Clothing was started as a supplier for the military back in Elder says the brand actually fulfilled some of the contracts for his PCU designs.
Not only throughout his career, but also well into his retirement, Hays continued to serve as a mentor—and sanity check—for attorneys across the Special Operations community.
He was a regular at the annual U. Garrison Award in for a career of service to Special Operations Forces. It was not uncommon for him to show up at a promotion or retirement ceremony for a JAG who had relied upon his mentorship.
He is truly missed. The article is truly a classic and an excellent example of law of war scholarship. Perhaps most importantly, his opinion on this topic is also reflected in the Department of Defense Law of War Manual. The wear of civilian clothes and non-standard uniforms by soldiers was not a new development in However, images of U. Green Berets on horseback wearing pakols and various combinations of uniforms and shalwar kameez in late brought the issue back into public view.
Some in the media and NGOs were quick to claim this practice violated the law of war and could constitute a war crime. The same debate took place among U. Hays realized that not only did many of those expressing opinions not fully understand the law on this issue, they also did not know the facts relevant to the issue. Attorneys new to the practice of operational law are often overwhelmed by the pace of operations as well as the sheer amount of information that must be considered when providing advice.
Hays, based on his extensive experience, knew that an opinion based on incomplete facts was a sure way to get things wrong. He then provided a detailed description of the units and personnel involved in the issue, the activities in which they were engaged, and their status. As in so many of his articles, Hays provides a lesson in history as well as the law.
He lays out the reasons behind the use of non-standard uniforms and civilian clothing as well as the historical basis for the wear of non-standard uniforms.
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