Sailor vs Soldier. "There's no way in hell I want to be a sitting duck"
Soldier vs Sailor. I can always dig my hole deeper. Have you been taught how to dig one in water?
Yes, I would prefer to have solid ground under me as well, though the battlefields were often full of mud and water, to the point where there were drownings. One thing the ships had over ground soldiers was that there were no lice inside of them, at least I'm guessing there weren't any.