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Behavioral fitness is a key factor that can affect an individual's resilience and readiness to perform military duties

• Being behaviorally unfit may prevent an individual from adequately coping with the stress of military duty.
• Sleep is critical to physical and psychological functioning, and excessive sleep loss can contribute to chronic health conditions, poor mental health, and reduced adaptability to stress.
• Alcohol and drug use disorder can negatively affect behavioral fitness.
• Smoking is associated with the onset of a number of chronic health conditions and can also increase stress and the risk of mood and panic disorders.

This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between behavioral fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that relate to sleep, alcohol use, and tobacco use. Supporting or increasing the levels of the key measures of behavioral fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of conduct, routines, and habits that are detrimental to fitness. The report also reviews behavioral fitness construct measures and resilience outcomes as well as interventions designed to promote behavioral fitness.

• Chapter One

  The Context of This Report

• Chapter Two

  Defining Behavioral Fitness

• Chapter Three

  Sleep

• Chapter Four

  Alcohol and Drug Use

• Chapter Five

  Smoking

• Chapter Six

  Promoting Behavioral Fitness

• Chapter Seven

  Conclusion