[scott_karana]

What possible benefit was there to be ordered to work without sleep for 86 hours?

Was this in a possible combat situation? Or a test of your mettle? I hope? :P

[oskarth]

It's common in the military to train for extreme scenarios, because sooner or later you might encounter them in reality (i.e. war) where you are forced to do it whether you have trained for it or not.