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Navy OKs changes for submariners' sleep schedules
Yahoo/AP ^ | 4-20-14 | MICHAEL MELIA

Posted on 04/20/2014 6:59:06 PM PDT by kingattax

GROTON, Conn. (AP) — With no sunlight to set day apart from night on a submarine, the U.S. Navy for decades has staggered sailors' working hours on schedules with little resemblance to life above the ocean's surface.

Research by a Navy laboratory in Groton is now leading to changes for the undersea fleet. Military scientists concluded submarine sailors, who traditionally begin a new workday every 18 hours, show less fatigue on a 24-hour schedule, and the Navy has endorsed the findings for any skippers who want to make the switch.

The first submarine to try the new schedule on a full deployment was the USS Scranton, led by Cmdr. Seth Burton, a cancer survivor. He said the illness he experienced as a junior officer helped convince him of the health benefits of keeping a sleep pattern in line with the body's natural rhythm.

"I know that there's lots of medical side effects to just not having a good, regular sleep pattern," said Burton, 41, of Huntsville, Ala.

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KEYWORDS: fatigue; navy; sleep; submarines
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To: shineon

Looks like he got over Sue Storm.


21 posted on 04/20/2014 8:04:19 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

I wonder if he showed up at the wedding?


22 posted on 04/20/2014 8:09:07 PM PDT by shineon
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To: kingattax

Apparently this will be at the command’s discretion...not a mandatory policy. I wonder how this will work for four section watches....8 on 24 off? I could go for that.


23 posted on 04/20/2014 8:09:35 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: Mariner

How many times did we watch the same detective movie over and over again. How crazy was it to look forward to Mid-Rats.

I agree that the whole 18 hour day was stupid and confusing. I thought they did it to make the whole patrol a blur that you wouldn’t remember anything when you got in. I hated it.

Patrick Henry SSBN 599G


24 posted on 04/20/2014 8:11:34 PM PDT by JAKraig (Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
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To: centurion316

Patrick O’Bryan fan?


25 posted on 04/20/2014 8:11:51 PM PDT by Castlebar
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To: shineon

I only have vol. 1 of the Marvel Masterworks reprint of the FF (Issues 1-10), so I don’t know. Back in the day I was a Spidey and Daredevil fan.


26 posted on 04/20/2014 8:17:18 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: JAKraig

I think the 18 hour day was just a basic fact of 3 section watches. I can’t imagine an 8 hour watch with no head call...I wonder how they handle that.


27 posted on 04/20/2014 8:20:48 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: Paladin2
"12 and 12."

The preferred shift, by far.

Still, after a couple of months of working EVERY DAY doing the same sh!t, mixed in with occasional drills, you get bored.

No lettuce and no beer wears on a man after a while.

Not to mention the absence of the comforts only women can provide.

28 posted on 04/20/2014 8:35:23 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: JAKraig
"How crazy was it to look forward to Mid-Rats."

Or Horse C)ck sandwiches with American cheese.

At least I was surface fleet and got an occasional fresh veggie with my steak and lobster on Friday night.

29 posted on 04/20/2014 8:38:24 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

My daily shift is approx. 10 am to 10 pm these days.


30 posted on 04/20/2014 8:38:41 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Mariner
" steak and lobster on Friday night. "

Funny you should mention that. ONLY the US Navy could make a prime New York steak taste like a boot and lobster taste like diesel lol

And I do mean ONLY the Navy.

31 posted on 04/20/2014 8:41:12 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: USNBandit

I had guard duty in the army in Germany and it was 2 on 4 off for 31 days straight.I didn’t know who I was at the end of that stint.Not good on morale.


32 posted on 04/20/2014 9:28:06 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: johniegrad

Don’t know about others but at 73 my sleep cycle is Tri-Urinal.


33 posted on 04/20/2014 10:01:01 PM PDT by DonnerT (After all is said and done, it is God's Will that will be done.)
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To: kingattax

18 hour days were tough. There was nothing worse on my 67 day runs under water than to go to bed and wake up on the same day.

6 hours on watch, 6 hours or so “down time” and 6 hours or so sleep. Wake up and go back on watch

This happened every 3 days and made time go by a LOT slower.

But it was better than the Port & Starboard watch which was 8 hours on and 8 hours off continuous.


34 posted on 04/20/2014 10:06:18 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles (Remember, you can't spell "progressive" without "SS".)
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To: JAKraig

Bancroft SSBN 643 Charleston/Rota
Grenadier SS 525 Key West


35 posted on 04/20/2014 10:13:52 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles (Remember, you can't spell "progressive" without "SS".)
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To: TexasGator

Bancroft SSBN 643 Charleston/Rota
Grenadier SS 525 Key West


36 posted on 04/20/2014 10:15:21 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles (Remember, you can't spell "progressive" without "SS".)
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To: JAKraig

Bancroft SSBN 643 Charleston/Rota
Grenadier SS 525 Key West


37 posted on 04/20/2014 10:16:22 PM PDT by ReaganÜberAlles (Remember, you can't spell "progressive" without "SS".)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Say Again?


38 posted on 04/20/2014 10:21:09 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Say Again?


39 posted on 04/20/2014 10:21:10 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Say Again?


40 posted on 04/20/2014 10:21:10 PM PDT by rottndog ('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
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