Th military has done this before. They want every bullet and canteen accounted for and think in war people will know what has happened to every dust bunny. This is what happenes with a PC military run by “managers” and not warriors.
Reminds me of a story told by some VN era SEALs. Seems that much gear was lost/unaccounted for, and the paperwork was sorta rolled over from deployment to deployment, as SEAL platoons rotated in and out.
So, when a stray VC rocket hit the SEAL conex box.....lo and behold, there were about ten 18-wheelers worth of gear in that box, that was destroyed! Paperwork problem solved!