Base amenities function as retention benefits to keep troops enlisted

Evidence

A public affairs officer who gave me a tour of the Community Center explained that it is designed to add to the “quality of life” of military personnel and their families. This is particularly important, he said, when spouses and parents are deployed. It’s a “retainment benefit” to keep people happy and in the military. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 111

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 111
• XREF: connects to: Family support became a military retention strategy to prevent troop shortfalls; Providing paid commercial sex keeps troops financially dependent and enlisted; US bases offered troops deployed to Iraq civilian comforts like gyms and internet — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 258 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Family support became a military retention strategy to prevent troop shortfalls; Providing paid commercial sex keeps troops financially dependent and enlisted; US bases offered troops deployed to Iraq civilian comforts like gyms and internet — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 258 (+2 more)