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- The rigorous demands and stress of military service often lead to sleep deprivation.
- Soldiers and sailors endure prolonged periods of training and operations - and they often get creative on where they drift off.
- That's why they're skilled at sleeping where they can, when they can.
- From torpedo rooms to tanks, aircraft to truck beds, here are some of the strangest and most uncomfortable places troops nod off.