{"id":8336,"date":"2015-09-25T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=8336"},"modified":"2015-09-25T10:00:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:00:25","slug":"engineering-humans-for-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/25\/engineering-humans-for-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Humans for War"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-section-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/darpa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8337\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/09\/darpa.jpg?w=620\" alt=\"darpa\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>By Annie Jacobsen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inside the Pentagon\u2019s efforts to create a super-soldier\u2014and change the future of the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>Retired four-star general Paul F. Gorman recalls first learning about the \u201cweakling of the battlefield\u201d from reading S.L.A. Marshall, the U.S. Army combat historian during World War II. After interviewing soldiers who participated in the Normandy beach landings, Marshall had learned that fatigue was responsible for an overwhelming number of casualties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know my strength was gone until I hit the beach,\u201d Sergeant Bruce Hensley told Marshall. \u201cI was carrying part of a machine gun. Normally I could run with it \u2026 but I found I couldn\u2019t even walk with it. \u2026 So I crawled across the sand dragging it with me. I felt ashamed of my own weakness, but looking around I saw the others crawling and dragging the weights they normally carried.\u201d Another officer told of the effects of \u201cfear and fatigue.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"callout\">\n<h4>RELATED STORY<\/h4>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2013\/01\/could-human-enhancement-turn-soldiers-into-weapons-that-violate-international-law-yes\/266732\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/static\/mt\/assets\/science\/assets_c\/2013\/01\/linart2-thumb-615x439-109908.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2013\/01\/could-human-enhancement-turn-soldiers-into-weapons-that-violate-international-law-yes\/266732\/\">Could Human Enhancement Turn Soldiers Into Weapons That Violate International Law?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSoldiers get tired and soldiers get fearful,\u201d Gorman told me last year. \u201cFrequently, soldiers just don\u2019t want to fight. Attention must always be paid to the soldier himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the Remainder at<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2015\/09\/military-technology-pentagon-robots\/406786\/\"> The Atlantic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad-boxinjector-wrapper\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Annie Jacobsen Inside the Pentagon\u2019s efforts to create a super-soldier\u2014and change the future of the battlefield. Retired four-star general Paul F. Gorman recalls first learning about the \u201cweakling of the battlefield\u201d from reading S.L.A. Marshall, the U.S. Army combat historian during World War II. 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