Re: [OT]Question for combat veterans

It's absolutely true. As one example, I used to sleep inside my M577 CP
track under the radio rack. I'd ignore most of the traffic and sleep on
soundly but wake up instantly when I heard my callsign.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Books" <books@jumpspace.net>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 9:51 PM
Subject: [OT]Question for combat veterans

> I was just reading "Major" by Rick Shelley and came upon a
> section where he talks about "combat sleep."	You dream and
> go through normal phases of sleep but are still catalogueing
> what is going on around you.	Is this true?
>
> The reason I ask is I _always_ sleep like this unless I am
> exhausted.  When I was younger I would tell people I wasn't
> ever asleep because I could replay the last 10 minutes or
> so of conversation in a room where I was.  I still wake up
> every 40-50 minutes now and any odd sound in the house wakes
> me up.  It's a good thing I go to sleep just as quickly.
>