The weapons side is easier. There are weapons on hand in our armory, and those issued out to soldiers. The armorer and I read the serial numbers of the ones on hand first, and then go through his hand receipts to account for the rest. That part took about two and a half hours -- not too bad.
The communications issue is more complex, for several reasons. First, unlike the weapons, I don't know what each thing does, which makes it difficult to describe what to look for. Second, our comms guy is less organized than the armorer, so there are discrepancies to untangle. Finally, we have a lot of "theater-provided equipment" we inherited from the last unit.
I don't know how it got to Afghanistan, but a lot of that TPE (like the phone in the picture) is ancient. But because it's "sensitive," the Army can't throw it away. Nor can we recycle it -- it'd require specially cleared people, and that would be too expensive.
So we hold onto it and maintain monthly inventories on it, and wait to hand it off to the next unit.
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Hey Bryan the phone you are holding is a field phone, it was used in WW II. If I am not mistaken it takes 2 "D" size batteries and puts out 90 volts when you crank the handle to make a call. The Japanise use to tap into them and intercept calls. You may have seen them used on the TV show MASH.
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