{"id":43724,"date":"2021-06-01T21:28:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T21:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/01\/watchdog-surface-fleet-sailors-still-going-without-adequate-rest\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:10:00","slug":"watchdog-surface-fleet-sailors-still-going-without-adequate-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/06\/01\/watchdog-surface-fleet-sailors-still-going-without-adequate-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog: Surface fleet sailors still going without adequate rest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly four years after two fatal ship collisions that were later found to have been exacerbated by crew exhaustion, the U.S. Navy is still struggling to get its surface fleet sailors adequate rest, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-21-366.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Government Accountability Office report<\/a> released last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe surface fleet has inconsistently implemented the Navy\u2019s fatigue management policy and sailors are not receiving adequate sleep,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-21-366.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the report<\/a> warns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lack of sleep isn\u2019t just a quality-of-life issue. The Navy\u2019s own studies have found that sailors\u2019 ability to safely do their jobs lessens with less rest, and that lack of consistent sleep can lead to a sort of on-duty drunken stupor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSailor fatigue poses a considerable risk to the safe and effective operation of Navy ships,\u201d the GAO report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Big Navy has pushed circadian rhythm watch bills as a way to ensure crews are getting regular rest, the GAO report found such schedules have not gotten sailors the sleep they need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the GAO\u2019s two-year assessment, which ended earlier this year, surveyed surface warfare officers about sleep on their ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/01\/05\/surface-fleet-rolls-out-revised-instruction-to-get-sailors-better-rest-at-sea\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/sleep-sailors-stennis.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Surface fleet rolls out revised instruction to get sailors better rest at sea<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Crew fatigue played a role in two fatal 2017 ship collisions that killed 17 sailors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It found that 84 percent believed that fatigue often or sometimes affected ship operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne officer in our survey responded that they had observed other officers degrade to near senselessness while attempting to safely navigate a ship \u2014 of leadership\u2019s disregard of sleep requirements,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fatigue was cited as a factor in the June 2017 collision of the destroyer Fitzgerald that killed seven crew members, as well as the destroyer John S. McCain\u2019s collision two months later with a Liberian-flagged tanker off the coast of Singapore that killed another 10 shipmates, prompting high-level Navy probes and congressional scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while the Navy has since rolled out things like circadian rhythm watch schedules, the GAO found that the service is still failing to ensure that sailors get seven-and-a-half hours of sleep a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2020 GAO survey of surface warfare officers found that 67 percent reported sleeping five hours or less a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That survey included SWOs who had been to sea in the past year and stood watch as officer of the deck, tactical action officer or engineering officer of the watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GAO noted the Navy\u2019s steps to get more information on fatigue in the surface fleet but added that the sea service is still not \u201cmeasuring and managing fatigue in a timely manner,\u201d which hinders the ability of ship captains and other leaders to move on the issue faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy issued a fatigue management policy in 2017, but the GAO found it was \u201cinconsistently implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late last year, the Navy issued updated guidance requiring commanders to ensure their crews are getting a required minimum of rest and have included questions in command climate surveys about fatigue, according to GAO.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/09\/19\/no-rest-for-the-weary-lack-of-sleep-threatens-safety-and-readiness\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" 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survey does not collect information about all causative factors that lead to fatigue and inadequate sleep, such as crew shortfalls, administrative and training requirements and collateral duties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other Navy efforts underway include pilot programs where sailor sleep data is collected via a wrist-worn tracker, the GAO report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without systemic and timely sleep data, the Navy won\u2019t be able to meaningfully measure fatigue, the GAO warns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And without measurements and an understanding of the causes, the Navy will perpetuate \u201cthe risks of operating with fatigued crews.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy concurred, without comment, on nearly all of the recommendations in the GAO report, including a more systemic approach to collecting sailor fatigue data and helping commands that are struggling to get their sailors 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