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!
Are they sure it was a VC rocket?