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taking a direct part in hostilities (and do not forfeit their protection from being made the object ofattack). 310 However, providing such services to defend against enemy armed forces of a Statewould be regarded as taking a direct part in hostilities (and would forfeit their protection frombeing made the object of attack). 311DoD policies have addressed the use of non-military personnel to provide securityservices for DoD components. 312 Where there has been a significant risk of attack by enemyarmed forces of a State, DoD practice generally has been to use military personnel to providesecurity.4.15.3 Persons Authorized to Accompany the Armed Forces – Detention. For thepurposes of detention, persons authorized to accompany the armed forces are treated likecombatants. These persons may be detained by the enemy and are entitled to POW status duringinternational armed conflict. 313When held as POWs, persons authorized to accompany the armed forces are to receiveadvance of pay from the Detaining Power, and they should be assigned equivalent ranks to thoseof members of the armed forces for this purpose. 314Persons who are authorized to accompany the armed forces must be issued an identitycard to confirm their status. 315 Presenting the identification card is not a prerequisite for POWstatus, but it helps captured persons establish to enemy forces that they are entitled to POWstatus. 316310 Compare § 4.23.1 (Police as Civilians).311 Refer to § 5.9.3.1 (Examples of Taking a Direct Part in Hostilities).312 For example, DOD INSTRUCTION 3020.50, Private Security Contractors Operating in Contingency Operations,Humanitarian or Peace Operations, or Other Military Operations or Exercises (Jul. 22, 2009, Incorporating Change1, Aug. 1, 2011).313 See GPW art. 4(A)(4) (defining “prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention,” to include personswho have fallen into the power of the enemy and “who accompany the armed forces without actually beingmembers thereof, such as civilian members of military aircraft crews, war correspondents, supply contractors,members of labour units or of services responsible for the welfare of the armed forces, provided that they havereceived authorization from the armed forces which they accompany,”); 1929 GPW art. 81 (“Persons who follow thearmed forces without directly belonging thereto, such as correspondents, newspaper reporters, sutlers, or contractors,who fall into the hands of the enemy, and whom the latter think fit to detain, shall be entitled to be treated asprisoners of war, provided they are in possession of an authorization from the military authorities of the armedforces which they were following.”); HAGUE IV REG. art. 13 (“Individuals who follow an army without directlybelonging to it, such as newspaper correspondents and reporters, sutlers and contractors, who fall into the enemy’shands and whom the latter thinks expedient to detain, are entitled to be treated as prisoners of war, provided they arein possession of a certificate from the military authorities of the army which they were accompanying.”); LIEBERCODE art. 50 (“Moreover, citizens who accompany an army for whatever purpose, such as sutlers, editors, orreporters of journals, or contractors, if captured, may be made prisoners of war, and be detained as such.”).314 Refer to § 9.18.3 (Advance of Pay).315 Refer to § 9.4.3 (Issue of Identification Cards to Persons Liable to Become POWs).316 Refer to § 4.27.1 (Identification Cards Used to Help Clarify Status).147