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I've fallen asleep during attacks in the middle east. I'm interested in hearing other people's stories.
Sep 5, 2017 1:00 AM
attchu
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I've fallen asleep during attacks in the middle east. I'm interested in hearing other people's stories.
tolipwen
Fell asleep on short final as a commercial pilot.
zurh
I was once yelled at for falling asleep in formation standing up (not that you would be sitting during formation).
purpleDORITO
Not to brag but I fell asleep at night
MoePancakes
I had regular cozy naps at work next to the building furnace when I was a maintenance guy for a residential building.
TheHolyDeerGod
I don't fall asleep instantly but i slept through a lighting strikeon a tree not 30 ft from my bed and didn't realise till i left for work
e1e1e1e1
During basic training I slept through a simulated mortar strike 20 m from my foxhole.
ReasonableConservative
Slept through a gunfight at my friend's apt complex my first night in LA. Asked how, I said, "This is LA. That's normal here, right?"
cable7193
Knew a guy who fell asleep on the rifle range. He wasn't firing, but everyone else was.
SmexyLibrarian
Best sleep I ever had was in a C-130. The engines are great for white noise.
cutiehimmler
Sometimes I put 2-hour long youtube video of C-130's engine noise. Works like a charm!
Grizzmann
In boot camp they would call Tattoo, tattoo. Not once did I stay awake long enough to hear lights out
yakisojuturtle
I fell asleep while giving a briefing to my commander. You can fall asleep anywhere when you life a life of pure exhaustion.
yakisojuturtle
*live
marengnr10
I slept through a general alarm on a ship once. The next day they installed a GA bell right above my rack.
princessamdahla
I slept through the collision alarm once... thank goodness it was just a drill
MarvelousMuggle
Marine 0811 (artillery): I slept through a fire mission in Iraq. Howitzers literally firing outside our hooch. Slept like a baby.
imgonnawreckitagain
took me about 6 months in theater, by that time to fall asleep during outgoing. Always in the middle of the night
ShadowReaper462
C-130 jump seats... 'nuff said
failurez
Or just grind some shit in MMORPG for 18 hours.
mynamesbryson
I swear to God in USMC boot camp I'd fall asleep within SECONDS of my head hitting my pillow. No exaggeration.
cavymeister
I fell asleep in the middle of doing invoices with my finance manager once.
XenoWoof
OMG.. I did this, with my boss talking to the group - me sitting beside him. Horrible x.x
OhmsSecond
OhmsSecond
Crawled out and joined the fight.
RealNormMacDonald
Fell asleep with my orthodontists finger in my mouth... twice
spoileddentist
As a dentist.. i would provide mouth prop for patient who fell asleep. Makes my job easier..
MadManMarkAu
Wait, this happens often enough that you have a procedure for it?
GreedyJungle
Bruh. I once slept through an entire root canal.
TheRelevancyOfMyNameIsRelativelyIrrelevant
fell asleep mid root canal, woke up near the end as they were trying to yank out the thing that keep your moouth open.
FuzzyCatCat
I slept every morning on the train and always woke right before my stop somehow ( not a military person) it was a nice 30 min morning nap
BustedHelmet
you body naturally works out when to wake up on familiar routes did the same thing during my hour and a half rides to school would like 1/2
BustedHelmet
to know the evolutionary reasoning behind this 2/2
avgfnjoe
I know this is nothin in comparison, but i slept behind a video wall during a corporate convention
gockley
I usually sleep at dimmer beach myself.
GreedyJungle
I slept on top of the washing machine wall in basic so it's not that different. Just both prolly trying to avoid truly awful human beings.
RavensX1X
I fell asleep marching. Woke up out of formation...
QuadrilateralEnix
I believe it. Never happened to me, but more than a couple times I would be so out of it that I'd miss a command and turn half a step late.
AquilusPrime
I did this as Guide, one of the scariest moments for me was realizing the flag was falling as i was still walking.
Rijtjeshuis
I fell asleep while standing at attention... more than once.
spiceass9000
Oh ya. With your eyes open
GSquad23
Fell asleep doing the electric chair. Not for very long but I woke up to the DS getting ready to rip me a new asshole.
yadayadayadayeahyeahyeah
Me too. Actually pretty common. Especially when under forced sleep deprivation in the field during training exercises.
Bigblackdick69
Fell asleep marching
Archimedes40
Shouldn't have locked your knees.
JarJarBinksWasASithLord
You dumb bitch.
Archimedes40
Well, that was rude. I hope you have to stand outside in the summer for 3 hours at attention for a change of command/responsibility some day
tckdread
With an extremely long winded outgoing CO!
Archimedes40
Oh yeah, and fuck you.
LowSpeedHighDrag
Slept sitting up sitting up in the back of a HMMWV while on maneuvers in ROK. Woke up only slightly every time my head hit the bench.
LowSpeedHighDrag
To clarify, these were just training maneuvers back in 2003
wetfeet
Which base? I was at Humphreys that time frame. Gotta love Ace club and that shithole dixie chicks place. Wait...they were all shitholes
LowSpeedHighDrag
Split time between CRC and Bonifas, good times
PowerfulHamster
Wife has told me at the end of her last deployment she would sleep through mortar attacks.
Barantor
Eventually the rumble of a diesel engine becomes a lullaby
ChristopherMorrill
Slept through an actual cannon civil war style at 13
BelowTheBeltICosplayAsCyrilFiggis
Hell, I was sleeping through indirect fire from almost the get-go. Thanks years of Navy service!
StructuralIntegrityIsOverrated
Yeah, they're just SO noisy!!
attchu
Same same.
jamineal
Feel asleep while firing mortars. :/
dangfoot
fell asleep while being a mortar
jamineal
Fell mortar while being asleep
attchu
Just go deeper
Cheeseweenie
Sorry for asking a dumb question, but would this put her in more danger?or she would wake up during crisis
KamSolastor
Depends on the body's subconscious awareness of the area. You might pop up awake instantly if your subconscious thinks there's a threat.
Cheeseweenie
Oh wow, would sucking the subconscious didn't think there was a threat!
KamSolastor
Yeah, but generally if you had good training you'd be fine, one way or the other. That, and the military always has guards up when we sleep.
PowerfulHamster
From what she told me, their sleeping quarters were pretty well built and in during the attack they were suppose to run across 1/?
PowerfulHamster
The base to the bunker area to take shelter. I'm not sure how far away it was but I would think being out in the open would be 2/3
PowerfulHamster
Even more dangerous. But I wasn't there so I'm honestly not sure. 3/3
Cheeseweenie
Thanks for your reply!
Ikillmiceforaliving
I'm not a soldier, but I've fallen asleep through mortar attacks and bombings. Sometimes it's just a god given ability
notleftshark
Same I've sleep through house rattling storms but if the powers out I wake up because my fans not on. Weirdest shit.
Ikillmiceforaliving
flies. flies will wake me
notleftshark
thats pretty shitty, i hope you dont live by water
Ikillmiceforaliving
I just moved to NJ. not bad, there is this ONE fly though ARRRGHHH
RSEVB
Was flying over Iraq on a fighter patrol at night and drifted off for a second. Snapped back awake as a mo-fo for the rest of the flight.
gulagmanner
Happened to some Mudhen dude in the Gulf war too. Famous story.
ashroolz90
Open a window
gulagmanner
What do you fly ?
RSEVB
Did. Tomcat, back in the day....
gulagmanner
Holy shit
RSEVB
Yeah. Fun times. Last flight was in 2000 of the Kitty Hawk.
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TheTravelingAirman
F-16 or something with a back-seater (WSO/RIO/fucking whatever) to chat with?
RSEVB
Tomcat with a RIO....
TheTravelingAirman
Oh shit! I worked LANTIRN. I miss it. Was just curious if maybe you had someone to talk to to stave of the sleep. Not another aircraft.
RSEVB
LANTIRN was bad ass. Could. PHID a manhole cover at 8 miles. Had FTI too. Neat stuff.
TheTravelingAirman
If you're still in the community then you know why we got put out of business by newer TGPs. Glad to hear some appreciation.
eggimage
I have fallen asleep in my sleep
b1c3
That's like the opposite of inception; maybe deception.
digdoug78
So deep
Irreal
If you sleep in a dream you sleep in real life!
Flashback0180
Aha.. day dreaming tips
TheElusiveEnchilada
Sleep marching is also a real thing.
aleister94
me too, its weird its like going to sleep in a dream is what wakes you up In real life
nosoupforoldmen
I have too. In fact laying down and going to sleep has woken me up from my lucid dreams when I was done with them several times.
CMWizard
So Inception was right
SanchoLibre
BWOOOOOOOOOONG!
SpiroTech
I've once actually had a lucid nightmare that I thought I woke up from and it was still going on (BWOOONG) scared the shit out of me.
ChrisCopp
I recently had a dream where I took a piece of living arm muscle from somebody and fried it up with onions garlic and BBQ sauce.
cuteboi
I don't think that was a dream....
ImpersonatingOfficerBnard
been playing too much fallout?
Martecles
navyjeff
I was up for at least 58 hours during an ORSE. At that point, I had trouble distinguishing hallucinations from reality.
Yourfavoritebandsucks1974
I would never be able to do that. I can hardly stay awake for 12 hours at a time.
OhmsSecond
Its creepy. Especially when you start seeing things along with the sounds.
imgonnawreckitagain
Did close to a week @ NTC. cat naps about 15 mins here and there a few times a day. first night was the hardest.
secretagentdoubleobeaver
I started having hallucinations after 48 hrs on an LPOP in Iraq. Couldn't sleep and the desert does weird shit at night
princessamdahla
My boat is gearing up for ORSE right now. It'll be our first at sea ORSE in 4 years... it's gonna be interesting
navyjeff
I'll sleep extra tonight, just for you guys.
BelowTheBeltICosplayAsCyrilFiggis
Hello fellow nuke, I've felt that pain, and sure as shit don't miss it
navyjeff
Word. Vulcan Death Watches were about the worst way to screw with sleep.
Locolarue
ORSE?
princessamdahla
Operational Reactor Safety Exam
Locolarue
What kind of hallucinations?
navyjeff
Like I would hear people talking and my mind would just kind of fill in the blanks.
Locolarue
People you're talking to or people out of sight?