Euphemistic base terminology deliberately minimizes perceived U.S. footprint

Evidence

As with medium-sized forward operating sites (FOSs), U.S. officials strenuously avoid calling the third smaller group of installations “bases.” They instead call them cooperative security locations, or lily pads. Like “forward operating site,” the terms “cooperative security location” and “lily pad” seek to minimize perceptions about the size and significance of a base. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 148

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clear explanation of what ‘lily pad’ and ‘cooperative security location’ mean as euphemisms.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 148
• XREF: connects to: Technical jargon functions as a silencing weapon against unschooled residents — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 235