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In the 1970s, the US Army was experimenting with new ways to approach warfare, inspired in part by the social and environmental movements of the time.

One of the most unusual experiments was the First Earth Battalion, a unit that aimed to cultivate unconventional skills - empathy, creativity, and ESP alongside traditional training.

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