Armed with sleep: The importance of sleep on warfighter performance

Armed with sleep: The importance of sleep on warfighter performance

Armed with sleep: The importance of sleep on warfighter performance

Sleep disruption is common among military personnel; often unavoidable during deployments, up-tempo operations, and other evolutions critical to mission success. Several studies indicate a large portion of military members do not routinely get the recommended seven or more hours of sleep each night. This increases the risk of developing insomnia and other sleep disorders. Read More ...

USU non-commissioned officer selected as Senior Service Member of the Year for OSD

Army Staff Sgt. David Manzanares, a health physics specialist at the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, was named the 2015 Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Senior Enlisted Service Member of the Year. Read More ...

The need for speed workouts

Long, slow-distance runs,” the coaching phrase goes, “make long, slow-distance runners.” A leisurely long run isn’t bad for you – it just means that if you want to run faster, you have to train faster. Mix it up instead and incorporate speed workouts into your runs: interval, tempo, and fartlek. Read More ...