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consuming caffeine judicially to reduce fatigue during this report do not constitute an official endorsement of
periods of loss. Together, these efforts may decrease the approval or approval of the products or services of these
impact of sleep loss on mission and performance. organizations.

Disclosures

The authors have no financial relationships or conflicts MAJ Yarnell is a research psychologist with the Sleep Re-
to disclose. search Center, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neurosci-
ence Research, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver
Spring, Maryland, and an assistant professor in the Depart-
Disclaimers ment of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Ser-
vices University of the Health Sciences.
The opinions or assertions contained herein are the pri-
vate views of the authors and are not be construed as Dr Deuster is a professor and director of the Consortium
official or as reflecting the views of the Uniformed Ser- for Health and Military Performance: A Defense Center of
vices University of the Health Sciences, the Department Excellence, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine,
of the Army or the Department of Defense. Any cita- Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland. E-mail:
tions of commercial organizations and trade names in patricia.deuster@usuhs.edu.

References can be viewed online at
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