Knowing you'd served in Iraq and not Alaska, and your taxi is waiting right outside to whisk you away to your new civilian life, would you "pay", or start writing letters?
The Army reissues gear depending where you are serving. If you had 4 set of arctic fatigue covers you would have been ordered to turn them in, and be reissued desert gear before you left for Iraq. If you failed to turn in or account for the arctic gear it would already have been taken out of your paycheck. The army is not a pick some outfit. The army conducts regular inspections to determine if you have excess gear,if you have unauthorized gear, or if you lack the gear required for the operation. You have a specific amount of gear that is checked off before you go anywhere. There is a specific amount of space allowed for transportation of your gear and that is determine by a check list. You are not allowed to transport the kitchen sink. If you are assigned to Iraq and while there acquire TV's, civilian items, or extra gear, when you are redeployed from Iraq the army will only transport the gear and weight that you came with. You either sell or leave what you acquired there unless you have received permission to send it home at your own expense. In fact when I served and was in basic training as soon as you received army issue you were required to send any civilian gear home. You can have civilian gear when you have a permanent post but it limited. All gear is inspected regularly.