Why were they sleeping right before the deployment?
In the movie Tenet, when a group of terrorists invade an opera house, in a van, a guy says: "Wake up the Americans." Then the protagonist and his mate are woken up and given fake special force badges.
I am wondering why the protagonist and his mate are sleeping prior to an imminent deployment?
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Paulie D’s comment maybe close to the truth. Although, Mark Henderson’s answer may be the “Hollywood” reason. The armed forces only move and fight with water, food, and rest. A lack of one of the above can be just as detrimental if not more so than a lack of ammunition. Any opportunity to eat, rest, and use the latrine facilities before an operation should be taken. You never know when the next opportunity will be. Letting your brain or your body run out of fuel when it is most needed can be detrimental.
Before airborne operations, more than half the unit would be either napping or eating portions of MREs. Soldiers waiting to don their gear would make sure they emptied their bladders and bowels. And, those that had already donned their gear would be sleeping either rocked back on their parachutes or back to back (chute to chute). Once in the aircraft, the majority of the jumpers would close their eyes and proceed to sleep. The ten minute warning was our wake up call.
To this day, if I am not the Pilot in Command, I fall asleep as soon as the engines start up. The drone is almost relaxing. On civilian AFF jumps, I sit as close to the pilot as possible so that he can tap me when we get to altitude.
If I am the Pilot in Command, I still make sure I hydrate, urinate, and have a light snack before I go out to the plane. And, I have a personal minimum number of hours of sleep in the previous 24 hours before flying.
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How much sleep do you get on deployment?
Sleep During DeploymentAround 15% of Air Force personnel slept less than 4.5 hours. Navy service members slept 5.9 hours on average, with 67% sleeping less than seven hours.How long does a soldier sleep?
Most Soldiers report sleeping 6 to 7 hours per night, regardless of duty status. However, nearly 1 in 3 report getting less than 6 hours of sleep on weeknights/duty nights. Soldiers also report getting more sleep on weekend/non-duty nights than on weeknights/duty nights.How the military falls asleep?
The military methodRelax your entire face, including the muscles inside your mouth. Drop your shoulders to release the tension and let your hands drop to the side of your body. Exhale, relaxing your chest. Relax your legs, thighs, and calves.How do Marines fall asleep?
Here's how:Deployment Cycle: Sleep Challenges
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There are no references to this later in the movie (that I could pick up on anyway), so my assumption is that it's just to show how casual and calm the operatives are before the mission.
Showing your operatives asleep (or resting) moments before their mission starts shows that they are highly experienced (this is just another op) and highly professional (they know what they're doing, and they know they might not get a chance to rest again for a long time) and highly organized (they know what they need to do off by heart, they're not sitting there memorising a game plan). These operatives are the best of the best.
The same trope was used in Aliens - one of the operatives falls asleep in the drop ship on their way to a mission. Meant to show how badass they are.
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