Cases like this one only provoke sharp and angry “discussions” on the Internet, Capt Obvious wannabes who’ll inform us with all the sincerity they can muster that the boy could have been responsible for deaths of 100s of his fellow Marines (so how come falling asleep at least 4 times, and probably more, he didn’t?!), and a lot of stupidity.
No question among those who’ve experienced a little of life, and not a lot of military discipline and the necessary thoughtlessness of military life, that a 21 year old consistently falling asleep on duty must be suffering from a sleeping disorder, depression, or some other “shameful” malady, and finds himself in a war, where different rules apply, cannot admit to it, self-diagnose, or complain (”A marine doesn’t complain!”), or else he’s been kept awake 20 hours a day, because it’s war, because, because...
Shiite happens and people fall asleept. It’s a physiological function, for those of you in Camp Rio Vista. D’uh!
Something was wrong with him, that's for sure. If the report is true. To me, this is a suspicious story. I'm wondering if he wasn't unpopular for other reasons.