“Unknown to the troops, the drug (LSD) was added to the water on the 2nd day”. Holy… that’s a sneaky move.
Nothing like drugging a bunch of grown men who carry knives and rifles, and hoping for the best. Pretty funny how they were all LOL’ing (and some ROFL’ing) though. I don’t know anything about LSD, but I’m guessing they were pretty confident it wasn’t going to make any of the Marines violent. Seems like carelessness (such as muzzle direction and trigger discipline etc…) due to being high out of your mind would be a concern though not? Who knows maybe all their rifles were unloaded for this exercise anyway.
Since the point of the test was to find a non-lethal method of incapacitating enemy forces, I wonder how they planned on doing that? Would they make prisoners of war drink water with the LSD like in the video? Or would they apply it on a large scale to the areas enemy forces occupied, by LSD-fogging from a plane or something?
Gat tip: Sean
Nice to see them having fun during the downtime.
Whether you’ve served or not; if you have any interest in the military and have a sense of humor, I strongly suggest you follow Terminal Lance.