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Chronic sleep insufficiency is a serious threat to military readiness in the United States. Many military members develop poor sleep habits early in their career. Career fields such as Air Traffic Control (ATC) are at greater risk for sleep and performance concerns. Sleep health is determined by individual, social, and systemic factors. Thus, a multilevel approach is warranted, including leveraging leaders’ influence to promote sleep health within high-risk communities. The present study examined baseline sleep and sleep leadership behaviors among Air Force ATC training leaders. Sleep leadership is defined as awareness about benefits of good sleep health and promotion of helpful sleep habits among peers/subordinates.

Participants were 44 ATC instructors and military training leaders who completed an anonymous pre-training survey and then received …