Army units deployed in Europe and the Middle East received inoperable equipment after being stored in poor environmental conditions, impacting their mission readiness, according to an audit report from the Defense Department's inspector general. “The lack of adequate storage and maintenance of [prepositioned] equipment led to military units in Syria and the U.S. European Command receiving mission-critical equipment that was not fully mission capable,” the May 24 report reads. Examining storage practices of the Army’s prepositioned stocks in Kuwait, the...
