Don,
No question is a dumb question if you don't know the answer.
In this case, if you reflect about it for a moment, just think about various forms of guard duty, personal protection security, payroll security, not to mention boarding parties...both participating in them and repelling them... they serve the same purpose that they serve on land... AND as a deterrent against mutiny by a disloyal or disrepectful crew on the high seas...
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regards, -John S
"...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL and are endowed by their Creator with certain UNALIENABLE rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."
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