 The 2015 Association of Naval Services Officers, or ANSO, Eastern Region Leadership Symposium will be held on Naval Station Norfolk, September 8th. ANSO focuses on the mentorship and professional development of Hispanic service members in the seafaring services. For more information on how to register, visit the ANSO website. The Office of Naval Research and DOD's Human Performance Optimization Advisory Committee recently held a workshop to discuss the impact of sleep deprivation on warfighters. ONR continues to study the direct impact sleep has on performance and mission readiness. And finally, U.S. soldiers assigned to the U.S. in its mercy, trained alongside Filipino first responders as part of Pacific Partnership 2015. The three-day training included lectures on how to safely extract victims from damaged vehicles and hands-on training with emergency tools. For these stories and more, visit Navy.mil.