Anyone from the military know what "waterbowling" is?

Question

There's a story on CNN about a Marine who forced recruits to do this, but there's no explanation of what it is. It does say the practice is banned.

Thanks to those who explained waterboarding, but the article says "waterbowling".

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/25/marines.abuse.ap/index.html

I'll put up another question about it. It is strange for this term to be used by CNN, but not known by anyone else anywhere else.

Answer 1

Waterbowling is when you make people drink large amounts of water in a short time. If done after meals, as it was done here, it can cause vomiting and sometimes loss of consciousness. it can also lead to kidney failure, and death.

Over-hydration is disruptive to nerve cell function and can produce symptoms of lightheadedness or mild vertigo.
Because brain cells are susceptible to fluid imbalances, over-hydration and water intoxication can produce neurological symptoms such as altered personality, and disoriented behavior. Water intoxication can also result in convulsions, circulatory shock, coma, and death.

Answer 2

I think you mean "waterboarding"

Waterboarding is a form of torture that consists of immobilizing a person on his or her back, with the head inclined downward, and pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages Through forced suffocation and inhalation of water, the subject experiences the process of drowning in a controlled environment and is made to believe that death is imminent.

It is typically used to gain intelligence that may save lives, it is not used to obtain confessions (not admissable in a US court).

Answer 3

I think it has something to do with a pool activity

Answer 4

Do you mean "waterboarding"?
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Answer 5

I didn't hear about that . You don't mean "water-boarding" do you ? That's torture