Leonard and others found that there wasn't much to see in the living district and equipment areas of the base they discovered because almost all valuable things had been moved out. Only some tattered old furniture and yellowed posters on the walls were left behind.
The only important information was gleaned from a duty roster posted on the wall, which revealed that this place was abandoned in 1992 and then sold to someone as leftover Cold War material supplies.
Indeed, the United States Military hadn't retained the warehouse because even the world's first and only superpower didn't have much money to sustain its former military force after the end of the Cold War.
So, after the Cold War ended, the United States also embarked on a massive disarmament program and stripped such buildings and equipment from the military to reduce expenditures.
Now it seemed that the Major, having the advantage of proximity, had bought this place and then used it to hide something.