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SLEEP BANKING

A fatigued trainee rests during a break at the Buddy Movement Course, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, 9 August 2006. (Photo by Staff Sgt.
Stacy L. Pearsall, U.S. Air Force)

Sleep Banking

Improving Fighter Management
Maj. Amy Thompson, U.S. Army
Capt. Brad Jones, U.S. Army
Capt. Jordan Thornburg, U.S. Army

T

he 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, was selected in 2015 to
participate in the “Performance Triad” pilot
program led by the Office of the Surgeon General
(OTSG).1 The Performance Triad program focuses
on our basic biological health needs—sleep, activity,
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and nutrition—all of which are important for survival, health, performance, safety, and readiness.2 The
goal of the program is to improve the health of the
force and optimize human performance. Health is the
foundation of readiness, and readiness is the Army’s
number one priority.3 The focus of this article is sleep.
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