History Main / CampFollower

* Mollie Bean in ''TheGunsOfTheSouth'' combines this with SweetPollyOliver. Note she's based on a real person.

* In the SwordOfTruth, camp followers of all kinds are portrayed as very bad people. The D'Harans target the Imperial Order camp whenever they can, not having any qualms about having denying the Imperial Order any service they can, whether it's ''that'' kind of service, or blacksmithing or cleaning or anything else that could give the Imperial Order any advantage.
* The AubreyMaturin series is rife with whores. Stephen blames this on the land rather than the sailors.

* James Jones' ''FromHereToEternity'' has Alma, Prewitt's love interest.

* ''Film/FullMetalJacket''. She [[MeLoveYouLongTime love you long time]].

In most wars, you have a bunch of men far from home, daily scared for their lives and wanting some relief. Enter the wartime prostitute, someone to provide soldiers, sailors, etc., with female companionship.

Not to be confused with a follower who is [[CampGay camp]].

* ''FullMetalJacket''. She [[MeLoveYouLongTime love you long time]].

* In ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', Tyrion Lannister enlists the services of a prostitute camp follower, and later smuggles her into the city to be his concubine.

* In the SwordOfTruth, camp followers of all kinds are portrayed as very bad people. The D'Harans target the Imperial Order camp whenever they can, not having any qualms about having denying the Imperial Order any service they can, whether it's [[FreudWasRight ''that'']] kind of service, or blacksmithing or cleaning or anything else that could give the Imperial Order any advantage.

* Nately has a favorite hooker in ''Twenty/CatchTwentyTwo'' with whom he has fallen in love. She is referred to as "Nately's Whore" throughout.

* Nately has a favorite hooker in ''{{Catch 22}}'' with whom he has fallen in love. She is referred to as "Nately's Whore" throughout.

* A brothel owned by one of these shows up in the third ''CodexAlera'' book, ''Captain's Fury.'' Tavi tends to use it just for the bath. [[spoiler:After most of the command structure of his Legion's blown up by Canim sorcery, he hires the madam, who's shown to be a keen businesswoman and good with people, as his Tribune Logistica - basically, supply officer.]]

* In Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'', the soldiers visit a camp brothel in order to steal women's clothes for the purposes of an Operation Washerwomen. Ironically, [[spoiler:the soldiers are all {{Sweet Polly Oliver}}s ''[[RecursiveCrossdressing anyway]]'', but left most of their clothes at home]].
** They also get advised that [[spoiler: if they ''don't'' visit the "Solid Doves", people might get suspicious. Sgt Jackrum always brought a book to read]].

* French forces often had something called a BMC (Bordel militaire de campagne) where they would provide 'comfort' for the soldiers. One BMC was even sent to Dien Bien Phu where the women served as nurses and were re-educated by the Viet-Minh.

* Gretchen Richter, one of the major characters in the SixteenThirtyTwo series is a former camp follower who was rescued and promptly married by one of the time-displaced Americans. Also she's {{Badass}}.

* Occurred a lot in Vietnam, where it was called "Rest and Recreation" and generally occurred in Bangkok or HongKong. Hence the redirect title -- RestAndProcreation.
* UrbanLegend claims that the term "hooker" for "prostitute" comes from the "soiled doves" that would follow Union General Joseph Hooker's division during the Civil War. Evidence dates the word to earlier, but Hooker's apparent fondness for hookers may have popularized it.

* Not quite the same thing, but some {{Playboy}} playmates turn up to entertain the troops in ''ApocalypseNow''. Based on an actual visit.

* French forces often had something called a BMC (Bordel militaire de campagne) where they would provide 'comfort' for the soldiers. One BMC was even sent to Dien Bien Phu where the women served as nurses and were re-educated by the Viet-Minh.

* ''FullMetalJacket''. She [[MeLoveYouLongTime love you long time]].

* Gretchen Richter, one of the major characters in the SixteenThirtyTwo series is a former camp follower who was rescued and promptly married by one of the time-displaced Americans. Also she's {{Badass}}.

* The AubreyMaturin series is rife with whores. Stephen blames this on the land rather than the sailors.

* Nicholette in SevenMenOfGascony. In some ways she is a subversion as she is not only a wine seller rather then a prostitute but she is almost prudish for the circumstances, being married to every one of the soldiers she serviced(one at a time of course until he was killed). The only irregularity was that her first husband was married in a French OldSoldier ritual rather then legally.

* On ''{{Generation Kill}}'', the Marines are approached by two Iraqi gay male prostitutes.

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* Clementina in ''The DesertSong.''

* StarTrekDeepSpaceNine: During the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, Bajoran women were taken to be used as comfort women for Cardassian soldiers.
* What with {{MASH}} being a show about how a military unit deals with war, these tend to show up fairly frequently.

* To prevent this trope, when Clara Barton formed the Red Cross during the AmericanCivilWar, she specified that all the women who applied as nurses be "[[ChristmasCake at least 30]] and [[HollywoodHomely plain-looking]]."

* Although these women provided sex and then resulting STD's could decimate an army, many commanders to;erated them since the men needed companionship and more importantly many of the prostitutes would assist in providing medical care to the wounded. Yes medical care. Stop sniggering. Really.

* ''AmericanGangster''.

* When British Soldiers were Cloistered in Boston during the Revolutionary War, they often had relations with the local women (and by the time Americans took back the city, [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean a VERY back-end enhancing dress]] was [[HideYourPregnancy quite popular]])