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Posted: **Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:50 pm**

Goold point re France. I was indeed thinking more of the US and in particular GB.

ORIGINAL: popejoy1

Hi!

The way I was thinking about it, docks represent investments in maritime infrastructure, technology, tactics, techniques, procedures, and expertise, while barracks represent the same for land warfare.

It is true that "marines" were distinct from army troops in Great Britain and the U.S., but they drew from the land forces' "barracks" infrastructure (as defined above). I was also thinking of other countries that ordered landmen to sea; for example, French "marines" ("Artillery de la Marine") were not sailors - their job was to fire the ship's cannons while the sailors navigated and maneuvered the ship.

Pablo

Posted: **Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:01 pm**

Training at either barracks or docks should count only minimally towards a units quality/morale . Expierence does. The longer a unit is in existance the higher its quality/morale should be.
Ships that stay in port should have virtually no real increase as they just sat there. Englands was high
as they were at sea all the time and expierence/morale/
quality increases.
Units in the real period that stayed in one place never
really got "better" they just got comfortable. There
was no realy training beyond "basic training" back then. Units learned in the field or at sea.
Tim

Posted: **Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:13 am**

The British Navy was also about the only navy that live fired during drills. Combine that with constantly being at seas versus occasional forays by the continent dwellers and it is not hard to see why they rarely lost a battle.

In fact, often their best ships were thosed captured from the French. It is all about use, not the barracks or docks you come from for the most part.

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