Wellness
These Navy ships have the most sailor burnout, study finds
BLUF – A study of nearly 16,000 sailors found widespread fatigue and stress across the surface fleet, with sailors averaging only 5.4 hours of sleep underway versus 7.7 hours needed to feel rested; littoral combat ships reported the highest burnout, while mine countermeasure ships had the highest job stress, and strategic napping was associated with lower stress and less impaired functioning. For Navy Medicine, the findings reinforce sleep and fatigue as operational health and safety issues and suggest that monitoring sleep patterns—including unusually frequent napping—could help identify sailors at risk for burnout, poor mental health and degraded performance before those problems compromise readiness.
Opinion – If long deployments are the future, endurance can’t be the Navy’s only plan
BLUF – The article argues that if longer deployments become the norm, the Navy cannot rely on resilience and endurance alone to sustain the force and must instead redesign policies to better support sailors and their families throughout extended periods at sea. For Navy Medicine, the discussion highlights the growing importance of addressing fatigue, mental health, sleep, family separation, and cumulative operational stress as essential components of maintaining long-term force readiness.
From CNP: July Sailor-to-Sailor Newsletter
The newest edition of the Sailor-to-Sailor newsletter is here! Your monthly source for essential career updates, leadership messages, and policy changes that directly impact you and your Sailors.
In this edition:
– Resources for Sailor Advancement and perks like SRBs
– The latest facial hair grooming standards
– Various continuous education opportunities, such as the Law Education Program
– Tools for you to stay fit and mission ready, including a free subscription to Noom and more
Access the full newsletter here: https://www.dvidshub.net/publication/issues/77363
Leaders: Help spread the word. Print a copy for your shop’s bulletin board, share it during quarters, or forward this email to your teams to ensure every Sailor stays informed.
For more updates, follow MyNavy HR on social media.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyNAVYHR
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MYNAVYHR/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/MYNAVYHR
X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MyNAVYHR
_________________________________________
Delivered by Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Doctors question evidence behind Pentagon’s testosterone screening plan
BLUF – The article reports that endocrinologists and other medical experts are questioning the scientific basis of the Pentagon’s new annual testosterone screening program, warning that routine testing of all service members over age 30 is not recommended by current clinical guidelines and could lead to unnecessary hormone therapy with risks such as infertility, cardiovascular complications, and hormonal imbalance. For Navy Medicine, the debate highlights the importance of implementing any readiness-focused screening program using evidence-based clinical protocols, careful patient selection, and standardized endocrine evaluation to balance operational performance goals with patient safety and accepted standards of care.
Forged by the T: Pentagon launches testosterone screening program for troops
BLUF – The Pentagon announced a new program that will incorporate annual testosterone deficiency screening into routine health assessments for service members age 30 and older, with optional testing for younger troops and voluntary testosterone replacement therapy when medically indicated, as part of an effort to optimize physical and psychological readiness. For Navy Medicine, the initiative could expand the role of military clinicians in endocrine screening, evidence-based hormone management, and long-term performance optimization, while raising important questions about clinical guidelines, implementation standards, and how hormone health fits into broader warfighter readiness programs.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-testosterone-screening-2026
Expanded Operational Stress Control and Warrior Toughness
BLUF – The Navy has released the Warrior Toughness Playbook. Warrior Toughness is the Navy’s program for giving
Sailors the tools to perform under pressure and in the daily grind. It is built on four pillars: Toughness, Resilience,
Optimizing Performance, and Mitigating Stress.