[Travis McGee]

You would have to have a policy of never being taken prisoner, period. I'm certain that is the US military SOP over there now. No matter what.

[Jeff Head]

My Dad used to tell me that it was that way amongst the Marines he was carrying on his LCI into combat in WWII in the Pacific Islands.

I know that during the American-Indian wars, particularly with specific tribes (eastern adn western), that it was the same.

We face such enemies now.