Pentagon report calls sleep deprivation a hindrance to readiness
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A U.S. Army soldier takes a nap which the Pentagon now recommends to combat sleep deprivation while another holds position on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Photo by Spc. Ken Scar/U.S. Army
March 3 (UPI) A new Defense Department report called sleep deprivation a serious detriment to readiness, adding that most service members lack adequate sleep, and backs up earlier moves made by the Pentagon to improve both quantity and quality of sleep for military personnel.
The Study on Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Readiness of Members in the Armed Forces was published last week, following a demand from Congress after sleep deprivation was determined to be a factor in two separate collisions in 2017 between U.S. Navy vessels and commercial ships.
Chinese military aircraft overfly Taiwan s airspace
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J-10 fighter aircraft of China, similar to those pictured in early January, were among 15 warplanes flying through Taiwan s airspace over the weekend. Photo courtesy of People s Republic of China Defense Ministry
Jan. 25 (UPI) Fifteen Chinese aircraft entered Taiwanese airspace over the weekend in a show of force regarded as a test of President Joe Biden s foreign policy resolve.
While over 380 Chinese military flights into the island s air defense identification zone were recorded in 2020, Saturday s incursion involved eight Chinese bombers, four fighter planes and an anti-submarine aircraft.
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Sunday s operation included 12 fighter planes, two anti-submarine planes and a reconnaissance plane.
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