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We study the effect of an employee moving away from home for their job on short-term retention with the firm. Our context is soldiers in the U.S. Army who are stationed to their first post based on the needs of the Army rather than their preferences. We find that a soldier stationed within driving distance of home is around 4 percent more likely to voluntarily separate from the Army relative to someone who is stationed further from home.