Event: U.S. Army Revives WWI-Era Practice
During U.S. Army exercises, a practice from World War I was revived — soldiers are used as "walking blood banks" on the front lines when helicopters cannot evacuate the wounded. The exercises were conducted under conditions simulating high-intensity conflict where traditional MEDEVAC is impossible.
The idea is for soldiers with compatible blood types to serve as a donor reserve directly on the battlefield, allowing for rapid blood volume replenishment and improving the chances of saving the wounded.
Studies have shown that donating about 450 ml of blood does not significantly affect a soldier's combat readiness immediately after donation. Belgian special forces participants in the studies were able to effectively perform combat tasks even after donating blood.
In modern high-intensity conflicts, the delivery of medical supplies and air evacuation of the wounded can be hampered by air defense threats and difficult conditions. Therefore, measures like "walking blood banks" become one of the backup options.
This practice was developed in close cooperation with military medics, taking into account the safety of donation to avoid reducing the combat effectiveness of personnel and to ensure effective assistance.
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How it fits the Control Stack:
🔹 Layer 1 — Physical:
Control is realized through the soldier's body — their blood becomes a resource in the survival infrastructure. The battlefield transforms into a mobile clinic where the human body is the last line of logistics. The boundaries between "carrier" and "resource" are erased.
🔹 Layer 2 — Technological:
Rejection of high-tech evacuation (helicopters, drones) in favor of a low-tech solution. The technology here is the human themselves, prepared for emergency blood donation. Portable blood storage and testing systems are used, but the key element is biological.
🔹 Layer 3 — Information:
The narrative: "Returning to proven methods is a sign of wisdom, not regression." The army presents this as adaptation, not desperation. The contradiction: a technologically advanced army is forced to rely on the human factor as a last resort.
🔹 Layer 4 — Consciousness:
The idea that a soldier's body is a consumable medical asset is normalized. The perception of one's own physiology changes: blood is not just biology, but a combat resource. Loyalty and willingness for self-sacrifice are coded as "professional duty."
Conclusion:
This is not an isolated incident.
It is a signal — a test.
And we are the subjects.
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