NDAA 2020

Pentagon Report on Sleep Deprivation and Military Readiness

The following is the March 2021 Pentagon report, Study on Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Readiness of Members of the Armed Forces.

From the report

Twenty-first century combat operations demanded an institutional shift in how military leaders manage Service member health as a critical component of readiness and performance. Throughout the wars of the past two decades, the DoD has shown an increasing commitment to Service member mental and physical readiness. This commitment is evident in the...

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/03/pentagon-report-on-sleep-deprivation-and-military-readiness

Spouse Employment, Childcare Highlighted in New Navy Family Framework

FORT MONROE, Va. (July 12, 2019) Chief Machinist’s Mate Franklin Pollydore, from New York, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN-78) weapons department, signs his certificate of reenlistment with his children during his reenlistment ceremony. Navy photo

To retain sailors, the Navy Family Framework version 2.0 addresses stressors facing active duty service members, their spouses and children.

Whereas the original framework, released in November 2017, detailed ways to encourage spouses to better...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/21/spouse-employment-childcare-highlighted-in-new-navy-family-framework

Congress Unhappy With Ford-Class Inability to Deploy With F-35 Fighters

The island of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is landed onto the flight deck during a mast-stepping ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., May 29, 2019. Navy photo.

CAPITOL HILL – The Navy’s newest aircraft carriers are being delivered without the capability to deploy with the service’s most advanced fighters, a situation lawmakers call unacceptable.

The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee included in...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/03/congress-unhappy-with-ford-class-inability-to-deploy-with-f-35-fighters

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