How can I clear CIF for items that I am not supposed to have?

CIF has ALWAYS been broken since I was in from 77-92... Had a steel pot that we would use to Bath and cook in while in Germany. Went to turn it in guy says we can't accept this it has burn marks on it. I'm looking behind him at a bin full of steel pots that have sen much better days... took it to motor pool, painted it with OD spray paint and right back to CIF. Guy states... you didn't have to paint it, just brushed it off... what a maroon..

Also if it was a 1 for 1 swap do you have the Green or Tan Plates that you received if so get with the CIF PBO and explain what happened just having the plates is proof of the 1 for 1 swap. Or is this an issue where they put the Tan or Green plates on your record and just didn't remove the Black "Training" plates?

This could be result of not getting the initial CIF when I got to Hood. I was deployed within 2 months so my initial gear was OEF pattern.

another one will be if you get charge maintain a copy of the Statement of charges for 5 year, Finances tent to make mistakes and charge you again.

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SSG John Bacon, trust me, I know how CIF works and you are right, you should maintain and scrub your own records to ensure that they are accurate. My point was that in most units, body armor (ESAPI) are drawn by the Suppy SGT and then issued to each Soldier in the unit seprately, at least thats how it was the 4 times that I have deployed. I think that concept was adopted to keep the entire Battalion from bogging down the CIF on any giving day or week just for plates.

Ah, we didn't do that at Fort Campbell, It was a straight CIF Draw for every soldier. We did have a few issues with Drawing replacement plates down range but we mitigated alot of the issues by requesting copies of all the records so the soldier got one and supply got another.

CW3 it is not the supply SGTs job to remove anything from soldiers clothing records. This is only controlled by CIF, as a supply Sgt I do save all the records my unit does as a whole but as we all know mass turn ins never include 100℅ of the comoany. Appointments and everything else people can come up with to not be at appointed turn ins. Every soldier is given turn in paperwork when leaving CIF and told to hang on to it for their record. Most of the time the soldier just throws this away due to a lack of being trained by their first line leadership the importance of accountability. Every time someone is missing something it is not the supply sergeants fault. We have enough in our plate running around finding all the commanders property that the sub hand receipt holder can not find and trying to explain to them what their own equipment is. There has been a total lack of supply command discipline across the board that has only gotten worst in the last 5+ years, but I guess it is just easier to bkam the supply sergeants for it all.
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SSG Anthony, Stassi

SPC, you have had these plates on your clothing record for over 4 years and you are just now noticing? I see that you are a medical supply specialist yourself. I hope that you don't keep accountability of the medical equipment and supplies you are in charge of as badly as you keep accountability of your own personally issued items. I am a supply sgt. I have done issues in the way that the CW3 describes and I have seen mass turn ins at CIF. All can go badly for a soldier who does not take RESPONSIBILITY for his/her own equipment and documentation. If you came to my SQDN S4 and gave me the sad sob story of not noticing the items on your records, I would advise you to just take yourself to the CIF and do a statement of charges. If you chose not to do that, then yes, your supply sgt would have no choice but to initiate a FLIPL, wasting a lot of peoples time with the same end result, but with a little twist. You paying for the items and a flag being placed on you. It is easy for everyone to blame the supply sgt, first line supervisor, commander, or anyone else in the soldiers chain of command or NCO support channel, but the bottom line is this is YOUR equipment, not theirs. Therefore, it is YOUR responsibility to maintain accountability of the items and to report any loss, damage, destruction, or discrepancies of your records in a TIMELY manner. 4 years in not timely.