if people can’t go 3 days without sleep, how can Navy SEAL trainees do an entire Hell Week of strenuous physical activity with only 4 hours of sleep?

Question

if people can’t go 3 days without sleep, how can Navy SEAL trainees do an entire Hell Week of strenuous physical activity with only 4 hours of sleep?

In: Biology

Answer 1

In the past several years, Navy SEAL candidates were on an assortment of illegal drugs to boost their performance.  Maybe this year they’ve finally started to thoroughly screen against them.