You don’t know the bunch running this country. They spent their entire lives HATING the military...until they decided to send this country to war. That’s why I DESPISE them so much.
I despise them too. Thats why we left, and are now in a civilized country. The US is rapidly collapsing. Politics wont save it.
In any case, my point stands. The US military is a process bound bureaucratic institution. If an item of equipment is standard, it has a set inventory level with rules for inventory aging out and reorder points.
Bad policy decisions could change this, but hasnt yet changed. SOP still stands.