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discrepancy rate of 1 percent when those counts were compared to the MoI centraldatabase and issue documents.• Serial Number BD 078 was incorrectly recorded as DB 078, and• Serial Number 8007 was incorrectly recorded as 8807.During the inventory of 9mm Glock pistols, we found that only 128 of the 158 listed onthe Excel sheet inventory were on-hand. The Iraqis stated that 30 of the pistols had beenissued and provided Form 102s documenting the issue of the weapons, by serial number.The manual transfer of the issue paperwork had not yet been documented in the masterinventory Excel spreadsheets.On-site MNSTC-I personnel said they would assist the Iraqis in posting the corrections inthe master inventory Excel spreadsheet.Warehouse Management. There was no warehouse management system to readilyidentify the specific location of those weapons stored within a particular warehouse,although Iraqi officials at BPC knew the warehouses in which a particular lot or type ofweapon was stored.Iraqi MoI personnel had to rely on the knowledge and memory of the warehouseman incharge of a particular warehouse, who could usually locate the weapons in question aftera short search.Taji National Army DepotThe Taji NAD had implemented procedures to account for weapons by serial numbers.MNSTC-I had completed a 100 percent joint U.S./Iraqi inventory of the 63,583 weaponsstored at Taji NAD. The serial numbers were manually recorded at the warehouse.Subsequently, the data was entered into an inventory Excel spreadsheet by U.S. personneland transferred to the Iraqis.Inventory Counts. We identified 8 serial number discrepancies in the Excel spreadsheetduring a judgment sample inventory of 463 rifles and pistols. The errors identified were:• 9mm pistol serial number was listed in the database twice• 9mm pistol serial number 41011 was incorrectly recorded as 41018• 9mm pistol serial number 41176 was incorrectly recorded as 41376• 8.5mm pistol BA442500 was not recorded on the spreadsheet• 8.5mm pistol BA18028 was not recorded on the spreadsheet• AK-47 rifle 90393 was incorrectly recorded as 90398• AK-47 rifle 89679 was incorrectly recorded as 89674• AK-47 rifle 90502 was incorrectly recorded as 91512Of the 463 weapons counted, we identified 455 serial numbers accurately recorded for anaccuracy rate of 98.27 percent and 8 serial numbers inaccurately recorded for adiscrepancy rate of 1.73 percent, when those counts were compared to the MoD database.34