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Pillage is prohibited more broadly. 5215.18.6.1 Obligation to Stop or Prevent Theft, Pillage, or Misappropriation of, andActs of Vandalism Against, Cultural Property. Military commanders have an obligation to takereasonable measures to prevent or stop any form of theft, pillage, or misappropriation of, and anyacts of vandalism directed against, cultural property. This obligation may also be viewed as partof the obligation to take feasible precautions to reduce the risk of harm to cultural property. 522What efforts would be reasonable would depend on a variety of factors, such asavailability of forces, the commander’s mission, and enemy threats. What efforts would bereasonable would also depend on the information available to the commander at the time. 523Some measures to ensure adherence to this obligation may include training members ofthe armed forces and persons authorized to accompany the armed forces on the protection ofcultural property in general (and the prohibition of theft, pillage, or vandalism in particular) aspart of general procedures for the dissemination and implementation of the law of war. 524 Othermeasures may include: (1) issuing and enforcing orders to the same effect; 525 (2) investigatingalleged or suspected offenses and taking disciplinary or punitive action, as appropriate underU.S. law; 526 and (3) taking measures to facilitate the recovery and return of stolen ormisappropriated cultural property.Although it may not always be feasible to prevent or stop theft, pillage, ormisappropriation of, or acts of vandalism against, cultural property, efforts to identify culturalproperty within an area of operations and to secure it from theft or pillage are a prudent part ofthe planning process of military operations. For example, such efforts may deny opposing forcesthe opportunity to exploit harm to cultural property for propaganda purposes.5.18.6.2 Prohibition Against Requisition of Movable Cultural Property Situatedin the Territory of Another Party to the 1954 Hague Cultural Property Convention. Parties tothe 1954 Hague Cultural Property Convention shall refrain from requisitioning movable culturalproperty situated in the territory of another Party to the 1954 Hague Cultural PropertyConvention. 527521 Refer to § 5.17.4 (Pillage Prohibited).522 Refer to § 5.18.4 (Other Feasible Precautions to Reduce the Risk of Harm to Cultural Property).523 Refer to § 5.4 (Assessing Information Under the Law of War).524 Refer to § 18.6 (Dissemination, Study, and Other Measures to Facilitate Understanding of Duties Under the Lawof War).525 For example, General John P. Abizaid, U.S. Central Command, General Order 1B (GO-1B), Prohibited Activitiesfor U.S. Department of Defense Personnel Present Within the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)Area of Responsibility (AOR), 2h (Mar. 13, 2006) (prohibiting “[r]emoving, possessing, selling, defacing ordestroying archaeological artifacts or national treasures.”).526 Refer to § 18.19 (Discipline in National Jurisdictions of Individuals for Violations of the Law of War).527 1954 HAGUE CULTURAL PROPERTY CONVENTION art. 4(3) (“They [the High Contracting Parties] shall, refrainfrom requisitioning movable cultural property situated in the territory of another High Contracting Party.”).278