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Barracks are specialised buildings for permanent
military accommodation; the word may apply to separate housing blocks or to complete complexes. Their main object is to separate soldiers from the civilian population and reinforce discipline, training and
esprit de corps. They have been called discipline factories for soldiers.
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History
Early barracks such as those of the Roman
Praetorian Guard were built to maintain elite forces. There are a number of remains of
Roman army barracks in frontier forts such as
Vercovicium and
Vindolanda. From these and from contemporary Roman sources we can see that the basics of life in a
military camp have remained constant for thousands of years.
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Large, permanent barracks were developed in the 18th century by the two dominant states of the period, France and Spain.
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Because of fears that a standing army in barracks would be a threat to the constitution, barracks were not built in England until 1790, on the eve of the
Napoleonic War.
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During the nineteenth century the increasing sophistication of military life lead to separate housing for different ranks (officers had always had larger rooms) and married quarters, and the provision of specialised buildings such as dining rooms and cook houses, bath houses, mess rooms, schools, hospitals, armouries, gymnasia, riding schools and stables. The pavilion plan concept of hospital design was influential in barrack planning after the
Crimean War.
The first large-scale training camps were built in France and Germany during the early nineteenth century. The British army built
Aldershot camp from 1854.
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Military
In many militaries,
NCOs and enlisted personnel will frequently be housed in barracks for service or training.
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"
Garrison town" is a common expression for any town that has military barracks, i.e., a permanent military presence.
Worldwide
Canada
Barracks blockhouses were used to house troops in forts in Upper Canada.
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U.S. Armed Forces
In basic training, and sometimes follow-on training, servicemembers live in barracks. The
U.S. Marine Corps have gender-separate basic training units.
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After training, unmarried junior enlisted members will typically reside in barracks. In the
21st century, these servicemembers are generally housed in individual rooms conforming to the
DoD's "1+1 standard," though exceptions still exist. During unaccompanied, dependent-restricted assignmments, noncommissioned and commissioned officer ranks may also be required to live in barracks. Amenities in these barracks increase with the rank of the occupant.
Unlike the other services, the
U.S. Air Force officially uses the term "
dormitory" to refer to its unaccompanied housing.
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See also
Notes
- ^ Black
- ^ Douet
- ^ Roberts
References
- Black, Jeremy, A Military Revolution?: Military Change and European Society, 1550-1800 (London, 1991)
- Dallemagne, François, Les casernes françaises, (1990)
- Douet, James, British Barracks, their social and architectural importance, 1660-1914 (London, 1997)
- Roberts, Michael The Military Revolution, 1560-1660 (Belfast, 1956); reprinted with some amendments in Rogers, Clifford, ed., The Military Revolution Debate Rogers, Clifford, ed., The Military Revolution Debate: Readings on the Military Transformation of Early Modern Europe (Boulder, 1995)
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
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