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Five junior officers speaking on a panel at the Naval Submarine League&#8217;s annual symposium all agreed that the change to eight-hour watches with 16 hours off had an immediate positive affect.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;It has had an extraordinary impact on a couple of areas,&#8221; said Lt. Travis Nicks, who was on a fast-attack boat when his ship switched to eight-on, 16-off watches. &#8220;Mission execution and alertness. I did one deployment with six hour watches and one deployment with eight-hour watches. And on the eight hour deployment, nobody fell asleep as the contact manager standing up. The officer of the deck wasn&#8217;t leaning up against the scope with both eyes closed and being slapped by the junior officer of the deck to stay awake. <br\/><br\/> &#8220;I know that sounds like whining to everyone in this room who went their whole career on six-hour watches but I wish you&#8217;d had the experience of eight-hour watches because it&#8217;s life-changing,&#8221; Nicks said.<br\/><br\/> The impact was also immediately apparent for crew morale, he added.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;The second part is it dramatically improves morale on the ship,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When guys are sleeping, I noticed immediately that guys are complaining less. They need fewer bathroom breaks. They&#8217;re dipping less tobacco. Everything gets better with eight-hour watches.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> Experts such as Nita Shattuck, an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, have argued for years that even without sunlight the body works best on a 24-hour clock and that the 18-hour day led to chronic sleep deprivation among sailors which has led to accidents over the years.<br\/><br\/> In 2013, the heads of the Surface Navy released a statement saying that their force should also make a priority out of sleep.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;The aviation community has long embraced the concept of crew rest as a foundation for safe operations,&#8221; said Vice Adm. Tom Copeman, then head of Naval Surface Forces, and Rear Adm. David Thomas, then head of Naval Surface Force Atlantic. &#8220;It has a place in the surface force, as well.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> For Lt. 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