If I’m not mistaken, one ammo box contains 1000 rounds of 5.56 mm ammo. That would account for 14 boxes. Ft. Bragg is a huge Army post. I’ve heard that some units would rather get rid of the ammo rather than turn it in because of the hassle it would be to fill out the paperwork on returned ammo. Check the local rivers or lakes.
“I’ve heard that some units would rather get rid of the ammo rather than turn it in because of the hassle it would be to fill out the paperwork on returned ammo.”
My company at the time sold radios to the military. The special forces and regular foot patrols carried the radios and extra five pound batteries on missions. The battery contained chemicals “known by the state of California to cause cancer” and they were festooned with labels requiring spent batteries to be returned for proper disposal. Our field engineer NEVER got a battery back from the field. I asked him why and he said, “They weigh 5 pounds. These guys won’t even carry them to the helicopter. They drop them wherever they are.”
Yep, 14K rounds is about 14 shoe-boxes full, for non-shooters to visualize the amount. THis is a rounding error on an Army base. No big deal.