No food for five days?

[kurokaze]

Even if they were to find a way to keeping me fighting without food for five days my morale would drop to next to none. I find being able to sit and eat a meal is a big morale booster.

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,62297,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3

and a description of the program:

http://www.darpa.mil/dso/solicitations/baa03-02mod2.htm

 

[Sh0rtbUs]

even if it didnt work, it would give the troops a great learning experience (actually experience what lack or food does to a person) so when they are subjected to it in the field, they wont be surprised. More or less be prepared.

 

[kaspacanada]

that‘s pretty scetchy stuff. I am weary about playing around with genetics, chemicals, metabolics or anything else that turns people into lab rats - not to mention our friends, comrades and nations soldiers.

The concept sounds reminds me of the route Canada has taken, getting more for less.(having flashbacks of the Canadian Forces Light) Except this time it‘s with the soldier‘s physiology.
I really don‘t know enough about biology or molecular chemistry to comment. (In fact, I know almost nothing about it) But do you remember those movies with Jean Claude VanDam and Dolph Lundgren - Universal Soldier I think it was called???

 

[Arctic Acorn]

Jeez...since when are soldiers not ‘inclined to chow down‘ during a mission.

I‘m worse than Homer Simpson in a cake shop when I‘m out in the field.