Accommodating Adolescent Sleep-Wake Patterns: The Effects of Shifting the Timing of Sleep on Training Effectiveness

1123 Accommodating Adolescent Sleep-Wake Patterns—Miller et al INTRODUCTION Obtaining adequate sleep is a challenge for those serving in the military and is especially difficult for individuals in military training environments. As today's military mission has grown increasingly complex, initial indoctrination and training curri-cula have responded by increasing the number of contact hours with recruits in an attempt to increase the amount of information and skills covered. All too often, this increased training time comes at the expense of sleep, as trainers attempt to squeeze more skills and information into a restricted time period. Military training regimes often include some degree of sleep deprivation, whether it is by design or unintentional. Several studies have demonstrated that sleep deprivation is prevalent in military training and education programs. For example, Killgore et al.