■■ he should physically see every item of property before signing the hand receipt. Subsequently he should verify that all equipment is sub-hand receipted to the 1st line supervisor who actually controls the property. This sounds basic but is frequently overlooked and accountability suffers. Other policies you can establish include a requirement for a 100 percent inventory of all property in each unit after each training cycle is completed. Another option is to require a 10 percent inventory

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... h month. Still another policy followed by other commanders is a 100 percent inventory of certain categories of property on a monthly basis. You may want to employ a combination of the above. Regardless of the procedures you adopt, they must provide you an assurance of good accountability and control of supplies and equipment.