Patrol Basics: How to Sleep in a Non-Permissive Environment, Tips and Tricks

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• MR

  @MrBlitsBlits · 2 years ago · pinned

  A honest question: Who is this video for?<br>I think it is interesting and entertaining, but I am a bit unclear of the target audience. My hypothesis:<br>1. Experienced military people, who want to know what someone else says about the subject<br>3. Everyday youtube watchers, who just want to see camping content with a military twist.<br>2. Aspiring soldiers, who want to learn.<br>4. Doomsday preppers / militia people<br><br>When I see content like this I get a bit worried that is content like this mostly for people in category 4. What do you think?

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• JE

  @jessehunter1699 · 2 years ago

  Me, in a completely permissible environment, knowing I have work in the morning, watching this instead of sleeping

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• KY

  @kylechesney2740 · 2 years ago

  I was homeless for 5 years. You can learn a lot about sleeping in non-permissive environments by simply not having a home.

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• ER

  @ericthiel4053 · 2 years ago

  In the Army as a regular 11B, I learned real quick, that if you stay awake a couple days and are under constant threat of multiple adverse situations, you can sleep almost anywhere in any weather, and still wake up at the slightest noise. Your mind goes into a totally different state and sleeping becomes something you only do when you can no longer function. A couple hours will feel like an entire nights sleep. Its crazy how quick you can adapt once your in that enviroment.

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• KV

  @kvernesdotten · 2 years ago

  I once served with a guy who snored so loud it actually lost his team a war game. I was not in his squad, but I was in his room in the barracks. Lets just say that if you have that guy on your team, every environment is &quot;non-permissive&quot;. Not only was it loud, but it sounded like a camel drowning in slow motion too.

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• DA

  @danl1758 · 2 years ago

  That &apos;your mom&apos; joke in the middle of the video was fucking hilarious.

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• FI

  @filmdude9970 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Your mom may not have a problem sleeping on the ground, because she&apos;s massive, but everyone else..&quot; <br>LMFAO just casually dropping a your mom joke in there.

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• DI

  @dirty-civilian · 2 years ago

  Solid info. Not too many gear companies producing content like this. Very grateful.

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• KE

  @kenmorrison1725 · 2 years ago

  In the British military we had a saying &quot; any Muppet can rough it &quot;. There was always those that left things behind because they didn&apos;t want to carry it, and they would end up in shit order due to being cold, wet and tired. Cracking vid, looking forward to the next one

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• RO

  @robertgoodman4165 · 2 years ago

  The mom joke was priceless

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• RH

  @rhysnichols8608 · 2 years ago (edited)

  In British army reserve doing infantry officer training I slept 7hrs across 4 days in the field. Often we simply didn’t get chance to sleep, and led to 90% of my platoon falling asleep while waiting for an ambush, I made sure I stayed awake by aggressively blinked all the time, later that evening after a day of patrolling and mock assaults I was on guard duty with 2 others and I couldn’t help but fall asleep, but it was safe as the other 2 guys slept during the ambush so they were able to stay up. I simply don’t get how we were supposed to stay awake as much as the training staff intended.<br><br>This was in 2019 btw

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• SK

  @Sk0lzky · 2 years ago (edited)

  Sleep deprivation is no joke, it&apos;s not just about performance but genuine physical danger, from blue on blue to catching pneumonia due to suppressed immune function. And the worst part is even with 8h a night in a non-permissive environment makes proper sleep essentially impossible, because heightened baseline cortisol reduces deep sleep to the extreme level. Degree to which we can adapt and to which we&apos;re responsive to &quot;mental tricks&quot; is genetic too so that&apos;s why sleep deprivation is so crucial during selection and school (especislly for special operations), you just can&apos;t know what&apos;s up until you try it.

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