I have little or no knowledge concerning the possible use of
higher-power lasers to cause significant or permanent eye
damage in military conflicts

In 1994, I was employed by a military sub-contractor as a Laser
Technician II. The clean room was divided in half. On one side was the
team that was building a YAG-based, non-eye-safe, laser range finder. I
was informed that it could only be used in areas where there weren't
likely to be people. The Geneva Convention prohibits the use of
non-eye-safe lasers on the battlefield, I was informed.

On the other side of the clean room, where I worked, was the team that
built the eye-safe, ErCr: Glass laser range finder. It could be used on
the battlefield with enemy forces present, because it was eye-safe. In
fact, the only reason for making that particular range finder was so
our military would not poke out the enemy's eyes with our lasers
whenever we took a distance reading (presumably before our side blew
the enemy's brains out with a canon).