Pentagon European base closures spared all major installations.

Evidence

When the Pentagon finally announced the results of its European base review in 2014, it said twenty-one facilities would close across the continent. However, none of these was a major installation; most were superfluous recreation areas, depots, small training ranges, radio stations, and water well sites. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 808

Categorization

• SEED: Angles toward the symbolic-vs-substantive reduction theme: closures target trivia while core infrastructure stays untouched.