A military base is any place or facility used regularly for military purposes

Evidence

To avoid linguistic debates and because it’s the simplest and most widely recognized term, I generally use “base” to mean any place, facility, or installation used regularly for military purposes of any kind. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 18

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the book’s working definition of ‘base’ as any place or installation used regularly for military purposes.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 18
• XREF: connects to: Definitions of military base vary widely across services — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 18; The military uses ‘operating site’ nomenclature to deny bases exist.; Military base terminology is chosen to minimize perceptions of occupation — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1091
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Definitions of military base vary widely across services — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 18; The military uses ‘operating site’ nomenclature to deny bases exist.; Military base terminology is chosen to minimize perceptions of occupation — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1091

Broader Connections

• The military uses ‘operating site’ nomenclature to deny bases exist. #complicates (0.82)