PFC Genovese Case Summary

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1. EXSUM. On 09 April 2018, I was appointed as Financial Liability Officer for the OCIE FLIPL WDPRAA-25BSB-18-108. I find that PFC Genovese returned to his barracks room 321 in building 3417 from leave on 05 July 2017 to find his IOTV and attached components, listed in Enclosure VI, missing from his room where he kept it under his bed in his duffle bag. He reported his equipment missing to his chain of command the next morning, 06 July 2017. He is under the assumption that his roommate, PFC Carlson, had stolen the equipment. PFC Carlson denied all accusations and accused PFC Genovese of stealing his IOTV in August 2017, which he claims to have later found under the bed of PFC Genovese. PFC Genovese was issued a size medium IOTV, while …show more content…

PFC Genovese reported his equipment missing to his Team Leader (TL), SGT Johnson, the next morning (Enclosure III, Exhibit F). d. PFC Genovese thinks PFC Carlson, his past roommate, took the IOTV because he claims PFC Carlson had been missing his IOTV previously. e. PFC Carlson denies stealing PFC Genovese IOTV in July 2017, and accuses PFC Genovese of stealing his IOTV in August 2017 (Enclosure IV, Exhibit G). f. In August of 2017, PFC Carlson claims his IOTV and attached components were stolen from his room. The police report for this incident can be found in Enclosure IV, Exhibit L. g. In the police report, PFC Genovese is accused of leaving the room unlocked, but he denies this accusation, and was never personally interviewed for the police report. (Enclosure IV, Exhibit N) h. PFC Carlson claims to later have found his IOTV under the bed of PFC Genovese and took back possession of it. i. PFC Carlson was issued a size large IOTV upon arriving to Fort Wainwright and PFC Genovese was issued a size medium IOTV. j. On 12 April 2018, PFC Carlson was able to present a large IOTV to the Investigating Officer (Enclosure VI, Exhibit M). He, however, was given notice to present this large IOTV.
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Based on the foregoing, I recommend that the Bravo Company Command team creates a TA 50 storage SOP and provides space within the company footprint to each Soldier that they can lock and keep positive control over. The Soldiers can either be mandated to use this storage space or have the option available to them. We cannot hold Soldiers accountable for their equipment if they cannot assume it be safeguarded in their locked barracks rooms and if there is no other options available to them. I recommend Bravo Company conduct OCIE layouts before and after block leave periods for all Soldiers who live in the barracks and take leave, as this is a prime time for items to go missing with so many Soldiers not present to keep their gear

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