The purpose of this essay is to review the United State Military's Rules of Engagement (ROE). As enemy combatants have become more sophisticated, and increasingly difficult to identify, standing ROE are not sufficient for war fought in small operations, not on battlefields. In addition policies over the years have been enacted resulting in constricting ROE creating and increase in U.S. soldier casualties. This essay looks at how current legislation has been proposed, within the last year, to attempt to alter the current ROE that the United States Armed Forces operates under. After looking at reports from officers and the rise in the death toll in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq it is clear that these current ROE must be changed so as not to be as stringent as they are presently. However, it is important to note that while these ROE need to be transformed they must not be abolished.