"Let Our Sailors Sleep?" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 20 Jul 2017 7:33 p.m. PST |
A common surface watch rotation is five hours on/ten hours off. These rotations—and the resulting long periods of wakefulness—can disrupt the body's normal sleep cycle and cause both short- and long-term fatigue. Fatigue reduces alertness and has been shown to have similar effects on human performance as alcohol. Going without sleep for 24-36 hours results in the same degradation as a blood alcohol level of 0.08… link |
| Cacique Caribe | 20 Jul 2017 9:36 p.m. PST |
I don't know how they do it. I need a full 8-hours of beauty sleep a night or I'm a mess the next morning. That and a midday nap. Dan |
pzivh43  | 21 Jul 2017 3:34 a.m. PST |
I rarely got more than 6 hours of sleep when underway. But the body adapts, I feel. And you are almost always part of a watch team so you work off each other to keep alert and on task. |
| bsrlee | 21 Jul 2017 4:13 a.m. PST |
Traditionally the watch rotation was 4 on, 8 off, 8 on, 4 off. For months on end. Its a killer but they fought 2 World Wars with it, particularly the Navy & Army on active duty.. Its also a reason why today the Navy rotates its personnel to shore duty every few years. |
| Lion in the Stars | 21 Jul 2017 8:42 a.m. PST |
Submarines it was 6 on 12 off, but that plays unholy hell with your circadian rhythms. Pretty sure I have non-24 now. One big problem on surface ships is that people are expected to be up when the sun is. None of this "hey, I was on the midwatch (00-06) and will be on the evening watch (18-00), I need to sleep!" |
| Cacique Caribe | 21 Jul 2017 9:40 a.m. PST |
I wonder how many hours the PLA/PLN guys are getting these days: TMP link
TMP link Dan |
Old Glory  | 21 Jul 2017 10:42 p.m. PST |
I do not recall specific "hours" or "shifts" from my days in the USMC back in the 60s -- but now days I'm up at the Crack of 10 and I don't drag back in until 4 or 5 PM !!! Regards
Russ Dunaway |
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