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For example, weapons may not be used by medical and religious personnel againstenemy military forces except in self-defense or defense of their patients. 176 Similarly, medical orreligious personnel who, during combat, drive vehicles carrying able-bodied combatants orammunition for able-bodied combatants, forfeit their protection from being made the object ofattack by enemy military forces. 177 Hampering or impeding enemy military operations alsowould be a basis for finding that medical or religious personnel have forfeited protection. 178Acts that are part of their humanitarian duties, such as caring for the wounded and sick,are not a basis for depriving medical and religious personnel of their protection. 1797.8.4 Use of the Distinctive Emblem to Facilitate the Respect and Protection of MilitaryMedical and Religious Personnel. The GWS contemplates the use of the distinctive emblem,including through wearing an armlet bearing the emblem, to facilitate the identification ofprotected medical and religious personnel, as such.Claiming protected medical status (including feigning such status) in order to deceive theadversary into affording protection so as then to kill or wound the enemy is prohibited. 180As with other instances of the display of the distinctive emblem, the wearing of thearmlet with the distinctive emblem is controlled by the competent military authority, and thearmlet may be obscured or removed at the competent military authority’s direction. 181 The factthat military medical and religious personnel do not wear an armlet does not deprive them oftheir protection from being made the object of attack if they are recognized as such. 182that7.8.4.1 Wearing of Armlet With the Distinctive Emblem. The GWS contemplates• military medical and religious personnel; 183• authorized staff of voluntary aid societies; 184 and• staff of a recognized aid society of a neutral country; 185personnel also.”). Refer to § 7.10.3 (Loss of Protection of Military Medical Units and Facilities From Being Madethe Object of Attack).176 Refer to § 7.10.3.5 (Use of Weapons in Self-Defense or Defense of the Wounded and Sick).177 Compare § 7.12.2.2 (No Use for Military Purposes).178 Compare § 7.12.2.3 (No Hampering the Movement of Combatants).179 Refer to § 7.10.3.1 (Acts Harmful to the Enemy).180 Refer to § 5.22 (Treachery or Perfidy Used to Kill or Wound).181 Refer to § 7.15.2 (Control of Display by the Competent Military Authority); § 7.15.2.1 (Removal or Obscurationof the Distinctive Emblem).182 Refer to § 7.15.3 (Significance of the Display of the Distinctive Emblem).183 Refer to § 4.9 (Military Medical and Religious Personnel).184 Refer to § 4.11 (Authorized Staff of Voluntary Aid Societies).437