Actually, your politician vs soldier example is a really great one for me because yes, I 100% believe the politician  chillaxin in the a/c's greatest value is probably going to be the fertilizer who one day becomes, so by this yes, the soldier is absolutely worth 10,000 chillaxin politicians.

We have been booked solid for months - mostly family visiting Soldiers, contractors working on base and traveling nurses.

A soldier skipped out on me but he was a member of the military deposit waiver program and was unable to clear post without paying me. 

Essentially my landlord held the house a couple weeks off market so they could get it rent ready and the deposit was used to assure I didn't skip out, then when I arrived I signed the lease.So either way works, but as was mentioned above, I highly recommend you put in a line about abiding by the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act as far as early broken leases so you understand what you are getting into and in writing.

I rent my property as a short-term rental, focusing on TDY soldiers or contractors working on base, so far this has been highly successful.

When it became apparent after putting in some significant effort, that it is imperative to have local intelligence and foot-soldiers to make this thing work, I returned to Cameron's team and asked for a return of my $1000 retainer, notifying them of the difficulties I was having coupled with my dad's critical health (which led to his decease).

It’s not just to protect Soldiers in case of deployment, the same law is applied too any military orders which will change the Soldier’s duty station.

The base is not just an employer of Soldiers, which come and go, but also thousands of DOD civilians and contractors. 

Most soldiers are stationed here 3 - 4 years (not long enough to buy) and have a stipend for off-base housing so don't mind spending the cash.  

Like @Nathan Felch said, you can go to Soldiers command if a soldier would not pay, but I would offer another piece of advice.