I was merely stating why I
agree with what you are doing -- using Blue Lod-Tite on bases.
As far as heating the base screws before trying to wrench them out, it has been my experience that NOT doing that can result in a screw-head getting twisted off, or a tool being bent, and especially if the yahoo before me used red Loc-Tite or similar. My torch heats the nail above the base (to glowing red) and the heat travels thru the screw and melts the Loc-Tite. Any Loc-Tite. Then the screws easily extract.
Usually I toss extracted screws to keep from having to spend the time to clean them up, but even if I need to reuse them the heat does not hurt them at all.
It is a great trick, with only the tiniest bit of risk involved. And I'm sure that a guy with "EOD" in his name is not afraid of tiny risks.

But in any case, thank you for your 17 years. I only had to do one year -- as the father of a young Marine in Falusia.