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\nBoatswain\u2019s Mate Seaman Recruit Jose Rivera, a helmsman aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107), maintains an ordered course through the North Sea on Jan. 9, 2019. US Navy photo.<\/p>\n
\nBoatswain\u2019s Mate Seaman Recruit Jose Rivera, a helmsman aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107), maintains an ordered course through the North Sea on Jan. 9, 2019. US Navy photo.<\/p>\n
Somewhere in the maze of corridors that makes up the Pentagon, Navy Surface Human Factors Scientists and Engineers have made an astounding discovery- people are more efficient and effective when well rested. Fewer accidents are incurred, and reaction times improved as well with circadian rhythms built into the daily schedule.<\/p>\n
The Aviation Community has known this for years, observing crew rest requirements prior to taking flight. I’m glad the Skimmers are coming around to the obvious.<\/p>\n
By: Megan Eckstein<\/strong><\/p>\n ABOARD USS GRAVELY, IN THE BALTIC SEA \u2013 A year and a half after surface navy leadership demanded ships implement new work schedules to ensure sailors got enough sleep, officers aboard a destroyer say the new scheduling has made them more effective at sea and they\u2019re not looking back.<\/p>\n Among the findings in deep-dive looks at the surface navy following two fatal collisions in 2017 was the fact that many officers were standing watch during pivotal evolutions \u2013 refuelings at sea (RAS), strait transits, pulling into port \u2013 on little or no sleep. With the medical community firmly stating that being sleep-deprived can impact alertness and performance<\/span> in ways similar to drinking alcohol, the Navy ordered in late 2017 that all surface ships create a watch standing schedule that allowed sailors to sleep at the same time every night with seven hours of uninterrupted sleep.<\/p>\n Lt. Josh Womack, the combat systems officer and the senior watch officer on guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107), joined the ship\u2019s crew in October 2017, just before the switch to the circadian rhythm scheduling in January 2018.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then you\u2019d work the full day, just like you normally would, and meetings would often go well into the night, sometimes 2000 or 2100. You would stand watch throughout that time; sometimes you would have a night watch, so you would work the full work day and then have watch from 2100 to midnight or midnight to 0300. So very very possible that you could have a full work day with two to three hours of sleep, and that was kind of accepted as the norm.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The entire article may be found here: USNI News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"