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Originally Posted by Gollum
I read it just as an example of adventure: a military mission. And for a military mission, 6 hours a night is a high average.
I lived worse during my military service, and it was just training.
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Funny. In my experience while there were times of little or even no sleep, most of the time when yomping through the bush we got about 8 hours sleep. There's no point trying to move through the bush at night, so you set up your harbour and rest. Even with sentry duty in unless you're at very high latitudes there'll be time for sleep. Of course if the enemy interrupts you, you lose sleep, but for most of your time in the bush they won't be.
That doesn't make it a vacation, though. You're still carrying heavy, heavy packs through bush over rough ground for 8 hours a day, and clearing harbours and digging crapes for the rest of the day. If you're lucky, your day involves only light work like a patrol or (if on exercise) battle drills which are tiring in the short term, but much easier overall than marching cross-country all day.