I heard similiar stories.
Once "war" starts, you are not longer responsible for the stuff you sign for.
When Gulf War 1 kicked off, everyone dumped their extra stuff in the desert. But when the war ended 4 days later, the Army now said they were responsible, so you had folks cruising all over the desert trying to find discarded equipment.
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