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• members of the armed forces who are ministers of religion without having officiated aschaplains to their own forces; 201 and• military medical and religious personnel who forfeit their status as retained personnelbecause they are not exclusively engaged in medical and religious duties. 2027.9.2 Use of Identification Card to Help Establish Retained Personnel Status. The 1949Geneva Conventions contemplate that identification cards will be used to help establish theproper status of persons, including the entitlement to retained personnel status. 203Persons entitled to retained personnel status, in addition to wearing the identity discmentioned in Article 16 of the GWS or Article 19 of the GWS-Sea, shall also carry a specialidentity card bearing the distinctive emblem. 204This card shall be water-resistant and of such size that it can be carried in the pocket. Itshall be worded in the national language; shall mention at least the surname and first names, thedate of birth, the rank, and the service number of the bearer; and shall state in what capacity thebearer is entitled to the protection of the GWS or GWS-Sea. The card shall bear the photographof the owner and also either the bearer’s signature or fingerprints or both. It shall be embossedwith the stamp of the military authority. 205The identity card shall be uniform throughout the same armed forces and, as far aspossible, of a similar type in the armed forces of the Parties to the GWS and GWS-Sea. Theparties to the conflict may be guided by the model, which is annexed, by way of example, to theGWS and GWS-Sea. Parties to the conflict shall inform each other, at the outbreak of hostilities,of the model they are using. Identity cards should be made out, if possible, at least in duplicate,one copy being kept by the home country. 206201 Refer to § 4.5.2.3 (Members Who Are Ministers of Religion Without Having Officiated as Chaplains to TheirOwn Forces).202 Refer to § 4.9.2.3 (Exclusively Engaged in Humanitarian Duties).203 Refer to § 4.27.1 (Identification Cards Used to Help Clarify Status).204 GWS art. 40 (“Such personnel, in addition to wearing the identity disc mentioned in Article 16, shall also carry aspecial identity card bearing the distinctive emblem.”); GWS-SEA art. 42 (“Such personnel, in addition to wearingthe identity disc mentioned in Article 19, shall also carry a special identity card bearing the distinctive emblem.”).205 GWS art. 40 (“This card shall be water-resistant and of such size that it can be carried in the pocket. It shall beworded in the national language, shall mention at least the surname and first names, the date of birth, the rank andthe service number of the bearer, and shall state in what capacity he is entitled to the protection of the presentConvention. The card shall bear the photograph of the owner and also either his signature or his finger-prints orboth. It shall be embossed with the stamp of military authority.”); GWS-SEA (same).206 GWS art. 40 (“The identity card shall be uniform throughout the same armed forces and, as far as possible, of asimilar type in the armed forces of the High Contracting Parties. The Parties to the conflict may be guided by themodel which is annexed, by way of example, to the present Convention. They shall inform each other, at theoutbreak of hostilities, of the model they are using. Identity cards should be made out, if possible, at least induplicate, one copy being kept by the home country.”); GWS-SEA art. 42 (same).440