Pushups, run, plank and…tactical nap? Soldiers need more sleep, Army research says – By Todd South (Military Times) / April 27, 2022
FORT EUSTIS, Virginia — As soldiers learn how to do leg tucks, better planks, deadlifts and carry heavy objects, they’ll also need to learn the discipline of “tactical naps.”
That’s the message that at least one Army sleep expert with the Sleep Research Center at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research shard with an audience of service leaders tasked with implementing and improving their newest challenge — total soldier fitness.
Maj. Allison Brager discussed the need for sleep with an audience at the Army’s second annual Holistic Health and Fitness, or H2F, conference here at the home of Army Training and Doctrine Command.
The H2F program was officially adopted by the Army in 2020. It includes an approach using professional civilian and military trainers and experts to assess and assist soldiers in health areas that range from nutritional advice to spiritual fulfilment.
