Military Tradition (Civ5)

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Military Tradition is a social policy in Civilization V. It is part of the Honor tree and requires Warrior Code.

Military traditions arise naturally in a society dedicated to war. They permeate its culture and create an atmosphere of reverence towards all soldiers and their lives. As a result, those that become part of the military feel like combat experience is not really new to them, that they half-know already all that could happen to them on the battlefield. And this helps them achieve veterancy at an incredible rate.

Game Info

• Military Units gain 50% more Experience from combat.

Strategy

Military Tradition is an incredibly useful policy, especially for conquest-oriented empires. Adopt it as soon as you intend to embark on your first conquest and watch your units earn promotions like crazy! This policy makes it entirely possible to have an army with top-tier promotions as early as the Renaissance Era, and it goes without saying that such an army is terrifyingly more effective than one composed of inexperienced units.

That being said, you shouldn't adopt Military Tradition before you're ready for that conquest. Fighting Barbarians yields a maximum of two promotions (if you don't use one level-up to Heal), and the only possibility to continue acquiring experience is to fight civilizations and/or City-States.

Civilopedia entry

Military tradition is the policy of honoring and romanticizing service in the nation's military. Soldiers and veterans are venerated, while those who do not serve in the military are inferior, possibly even dishonorable. Modern Israel has a significant military tradition, as did Victorian England and the pre-Civil War southern United States.

See also

• Military Tradition in other games