The costs associated with returning or transferring such equipment is insanely prohibitive for all but the most expensive items. Packing up and shipping a 5kw generator, preclude any other option than simply buying a new one.
I’ve been on the shipping and receiving end of this equipment and it’s takes manpower, resources and money that would be better spent on new stuff (especially after a harsh duty cycle in the desert).
It got so bad that some equipment was simply “combat lossed” (ie, buried in the desert).
Nothing nearly as heartbreaking as watching the films of Hueys and Chinooks being pushed off carrier decks during the fall of Saigon.
My thoughts exactly. If IA/IP can make use of it, I say let them.