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Mason, The FOIA docs didn't specify. I'm not sure that they could have a case against the civilians.
I think you’re probably right. More than likely, they got too greedy.
I think there is more pilfering going on, in reserve units, undetected. These guys have to go to pawn shops. Which could be detected, to a certain extent. For instance, reserve, and NG units, would probably be selling things like mags, to their buddies at work, for around 10 bucks a piece. Sure, the mags are marked, but who is ever going to find out? What could be a problem, is shit like C4, or something like that. My understanding is, they issue more, than what is needed to perform the task at hand.
As long as there is money to be made soldiers will steal.
Welp. That's one way of getting in business. Jacksonville is chock full of these pawn shops and surplus joints (in addition to tattoo shops and strip joints). It's one accessible way of blending the stolen stuff in with all that inventory. What's disturbing is that it wasn't just 1 or 2 dudes; it's 5. Makes it sound like it merits a close look at this at an institutional level.