A new report says officials failed to adequately track and store hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons sent to support U.S. allies.
A new Pentagon report revealed that U.S. forces failed to properly track or store hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons sent to American allies to support the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria.released Tuesday said officials with Special Operations Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve and the 1st Theater Sustainment Command did not properly account for $715 million in arms earmarked for Syrian forces fighting ISIS.
This may have resulted in gear damage and duplicate weapons purchases, inflating the operation's spending figures. The Pentagon noted that thousands of weapons were also left"vulnerable to loss or theft." Inadequate accounting meant officials could not say if any arms had been lost or stolen. SOJTF-OIR oversees the the"day-to-day operations" of the Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and Equip Fund , deciding which weapons and equipment local allies require,explained. These include the Kurdish-led Syrian Defense Forces that bore the brunt of anti-ISIS operations.
The 1st TSC oversees storage of these weapons at a warehouse in Kuwait and their movement to other warehouses closer to the Syrian border. The report says that SOJTF-OIR personnel"did not divest or dispose" of equipment received, leading to overcrowding at the Kuwait storage facility. This meant officials had to resort to using outside shipping containers to house the overflow, exposing equipment and weapons to harsh conditions which resulted in rusting and other damage.
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