Lack of Sleep Among Active Duty Military Contributes to Millions

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Lack of Sleep Among Active Duty Military Contributes to Millions of Dollars in Damage and Service Member Deaths

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We expect our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines to be combat ready. But sleep deprivation and fatigue can dramatically reduce readiness, and fatigue has been connected to accidents that have resulted in deaths, as well as hundreds of millions of…

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