Are you a night owl or a morning person? How has your military service affected your sleep cycle and how do you cope?

I'm the first one up in the morning and can be the last one up at night if I want to. I'm also so relaxed that I can fall asleep at any time during the day. So I have no difficulties, but I prefer nighttime.

In my youth I was both, now I am a morning person. I'm normally in bed by 9-9:30, I get a few hours of good sleep and usually start waking up at least once an hour until about 5:AM. At that point I have to get up and start moving.

I'm a night owl, hate getting up in the morning unless I have a specific reason to do so. I've worked shifts a good part of My adult life so can sleep just about any time. I can go without much sleep for a while then sleep a bunch and as I put it put a sleep reserve in the bank, then go straight out again. When I do sleep its pretty soundly, nothing much bothers Me.

"I know not of what You Speak" *SARCASM MUCH* 21 years working in SCIFs all shifts. working as a Flex Officer for 20 Years, I have No Idea what it is like to work 9-5, Normal Working Peoples Hours.

Always been an early riser. When I sleep at night I get up early. When I can't sleep at night I still get up early. Been so long since I had a full night's sleep. Some day!!

I've become resistant to early mornings... not because of the military, but in spite of it. If given the choice, I prefer mid-morning (say around 0800) to rise and shine. That's only because for many years, I didn't have the choice. With 0700 morning muster/formation every day for so many years, I've grown a bit rebellious to "having to" wake up any earlier. That being said, I usually have no problem waking up early when I have to. If there's any one thing that the military taught me was the importance of time management.

I will say that my sleeping habits have been affected by my military service. I'm a very light sleeper now. In order for me to go to sleep immediately, I have to have the room dark and quiet. Any kind of voices will instantly wake me up during my sleep. This is why I cannot have the television or radio on while I sleep. Certain ambient noises I can deal with (the A/C, fan, furnace, etc.) but make no mistake, if there's a change in the sound (such as it turning off)... I notice.

The other thing that has affected me is that I immediately wake up at any alarm. By awake, I mean that once I reset the alarm, I am wide eyed and bushy tailed ready to go. This bothers my wife who is able to set her snooze button several times prior to actually rising out of bed.