It would only make sense if the military bases were located on navigable rivers and had major oil and petroleum products pipelines nearby.
Yep...you need infrastructure and water to get the job done..
MD
Fore River Shipyard, Quincy Massachusetts. Philadelphia Shipyard. Long Beach. To name three off the top of my head.
Alameda, Mare Island, Moffitt field, are three that come to mind just in the SF Bay area.
on cnn Barbara Starr the pentagon correspondent said they are talking about Louisiana and Texas as far as refinaries being built in since they are both oil rich states.
The pipelines are needed. Navigable waterways are not. How big a boat can you sail to Casper, WY; Salt Lake City, UT; Odessa, TX; or Bartlesville, OK?