Army : What constitutes waste fraud and abuse?

The definitions:
Fraud is defined as the wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. Fraud includes false representation of fact, making false statements, or by concealment of information.

Waste is defined as the thoughtless or careless expenditure, mismanagement, or abuse of resources to the detriment (or potential detriment) of the U.S. government. Waste also includes incurring unnecessary costs resulting from inefficient or ineffective practices, systems, or controls.

Abuse is defined as excessive or improper use of a thing, or to use something in a manner contrary to the natural or legal rules for its use. Abuse can occur in financial or non-financial settings.

If by "gross waste" you were hoping to find a dollar amount threshold definition, there isn't one. If it is big enough that you think it might need to be reported, then it is already big enough to be reported.

If you witness it, and for some reason cannot report it to your chain of command, call the DoD hotline, or if you want, your closest IG, which is where the DoD hotline will likely direct your case anyway.

Putting twisted helicopter skids into the back of a truck a transporting them to a salvage yard for sale is theft. In CA, salvage yards won’t even pay you cash for scrap materials like brass, copper or large aluminum pieces. They make you wait for several days to be slow down the theft of copper wires and pipes.

I appreciate all the responses but from a legal stand point there has to be something in writing that defines this. Is it left up to commanders discretion? How does the IG, DOD, or COC delineate from a gross waste, negligence, mismanagement or just a mistake? I have seen a lot of waste over the past few years in the Army, most of it is acknowledged and swept under the rug.