DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 3300.52A
N3/N5L
21 Jan 2015
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3300.52A
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: LAW OF WAR PROGRAM
Ref: (a) SECNAVINST 3300.1C
(b) Uniform Code of Military Justice
(c) JAGINST 3300.1A
(d) NWP 1-14M
(e) NAVPERS 15560D
(f) OPNAVINST F3100.6J (NOTAL)
Encl: (1) Level One (Accession) Training Objectives
(2) General Rules of Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed
Conflicts
(3) Level Two Training Objectives
(4) Level Two Training Requirements
(5) Level Three Training Objectives
(6) Level Three Training Requirements
1. Purpose
a. To implement reference (a) within the United States Navy
and Navy Reserve.
b. To publish regulations and guidance, to assign
responsibilities, and to ensure compliance by all personnel of
the United States Navy and Navy Reserve with the law of war.
c. To denote as punishable conduct failures to prevent, to
report, and to investigate violations of the law of war.
Violations of the prevention, reporting, and investigation
requirements of paragraph 5 shall be punishable under article 92
of reference (b).
d. This instruction is being reissued with a new date,
updated version and signature authority to meet Chief of Naval
Operations (CNO) age requirement for the Office of Chief of
Naval Operations (OPNAV) instructions.
