He’s got to get a 15-6 investigation started. When a Soldier is shot, his equipment is dumped at the unit or at the hospital due to the blood making it a potential biohazard. That’s just SOP. Obviously someone (cough S4 cough) didn’t do the proper paperwork on the loss and this guy is paying the price. An investigation will get his sworn statement, his commander’s sworn statment, the SIGACT of his being shot, his record of his hospital stay, and the theater SOP that I mentioned above. Any reasonable investigator will see it and a field grade should sign off on it. Done and done.
Damn good info, thanks.
Bingo. Certainly the equipment needs to be accounted for, but a report of survey with one or two statements (or a 15-6 if sensitive items were among the missing equipment) and a field grade signature and this soldier's troubles should be over. Some staff puke f'ed up, and this soldier is paying the price.