(taken from another forum, a comment on what is happening to surplus military ammunition in the Middle East.)

Here is the text stating our policy for NOT returning surplus ammo (unservicable) to taxpayers:

All the stuff from Iraq comes through Kuwait and sits at arifjan. I work with EOD when they shoot their Barretts out this way, they said they have destroyed in excess of 10 million rounds of Small Arms Ammo (.50cal and below)since september. the QUAS-I (QC) inspector at AJ is a douche and Code "H" (needs to be destroyed - unservicable) entire pallets of ammo that could be used elsewhere. I wont even start with DRMO at AJ as i watched them shred an entire box of Nightforce optics and PVS-14's. Luckily the 1sg for EOD secured a couple for their M107's
i would think #1 isnt true for the most part, there is probably 200 sq acres of ammo on pallets sitting waiting to be destroyed.