A distinct possibility! Do you remember any other symptoms manifesting around that time?

I joined the Army Reserves when I was 19. My luck was that I got stuck in the platoon with the drill sergeant from hell. We all got less sleep than everyone else. Usually went to bed at about 9:30pm, got up 15 min before a bay guard shift of an hour and then had to change clothes to go back to bed and then get up at 3:30am. All of us developed the unique skill of being able to sleep standing up in formation...or anywhere else for that matter. I doubt my sleepiness could have been distinguished from anybody else's :P

I used to fall asleep during those stupid classes too. I can't remember what any of them were about. All I remember was that the room was so hot (it was February-March in Missouri) and we thought they did it on purpose to make up fall asleep. Luckily, I never got caught, so I never had to go back to the back and do jumping jacks and push-ups. I probably had much better skills than everyone else by that point at hiding my microsleeps. I remember reflecting to myself at those classes about why exactly I couldn't stay awake or any patterns to my EDS, and I realized that it was when I started "thinking" that I would close my eyes and fall asleep. I think this is when N plays a part with the whole immediate REM and how we often feel like we were awake when we were sleeping. It's hard to not "think" though. I just tried to drink more and more water, but those cantines just make the water taste nasty no matter what. :P

Boy our wonderful military system--they have people with obvious medical problems and yet they don't send you to get checked out?

Well, unfortunately getting diagnosed with N will usually result in discharge.

I've read somewhere that they allow people with Narcolepsy to stay in if "controlled by medication" --whatever that means. I have not really researched it thoroughly as it is not really a concern for me now, so...take it with a grain of salt :)