Put some good sensors on it, and some weapons, and Grunts get to play Doom and Halo for real, from the comfort of an air-conditioned trailer stocked with beer
No.
Not stocked with beer.
Beer would slow their reaction times; dull their senses; slow their thinking; and cause their thinking to reach conclusions with many more flaws.
Those doubting . . .
Get Mavis Beacon or similar typing tutor tests. Take the test sober.
Drink a can of beer.
Take same test.
Drink another can of beer.
Take same test.
etc. through a six pack—if that’s one’s usual amount . . .
Check the progression of the error rate.
Then tell the character in the mirror that he ain’t drunk—he can hold his alcohol quite well (which, actually, is a symptom of alcoholism—not a good symptom at all).
Given telemetry . . . in real field situations, the operators would need every microsecond advantage of full rested alertness 24/7. They’d best be spelled off every 30 minutes to hour or so.