[jjm2111]

I've learned through "unofficial" channels that the USN threw away a couple thousand almost brand new computers about a year ago. Might have they mismatched the numbers?

I also heard a rumor that they misplaced a destroyer once?

[Scott McCollum]

“What most people want to know is how outright theft of US Navy equipment of a significant dollar value could possibly happen so easily? Laptops are fairly easy to conceal, but I was wondering exactly who on the boat wouldn’t ask some serious questions to the sailor carting a computer, monitor, keyboard and mouse off of a nuclear submarine while on leave. There could be some politics involved with this theft; our fighting men and women in the US Military are trying to pick up the pieces of wallowing in the Clinton-era military policies of 'don’t ask - don’t tell.'”

[hchutch]

I don't know about us, but the Canadians once left a missile launcher and classified SATCOM gear on a couple of ships they were selling for scrap. Can you say, "OOPS"?

the kicker was, the ships were sold "as is" and they had a heck of a time getting permission to go on board - the owner wanted compensation for whatever stuff they took off the ships.