PVT Mills
The importance of accountability and sensitive items in the military
Sensitive items are those items which are attractive for personnel use, attraction to the wrong kind of people who like to steal sensitive items, (for example weapons, Military Identification Cards, Thumb Drives, and military equipment), and the equipment can be very hazardous. Therefore, it requires a greater degree of control and accountability.
If a military personnel were to lose accountability of a military weapon, that weapon could make its way over to the enemies hands on where they can duplicate and get ideas on how the our weapons are made and make even better ones. With Thumb Drives there can be top secret information about the military, for example, dates of deployments, how many personnel is in a platoon, and etc. Not securing and keeping accountability of sensitive items can acquire the risk of loss by being intercepted by unauthorized persons.
The reason of the importance of accountability in the military is because without certain Items, you will be unable to perform certain tasks such as; Use you CAC card (military Identification card). For military purposes. For instance. You will not be able to use it to Log on to your Ako account. If you aren’t able to access to you’re my pay nor access your LES or any of the important documents in your
Ako.
Another important item you may need is your meal card, without that you would not be
able to get your meals at the DFACT, As well as the meal card you would need your CAC card
to There are many reasons on why military personnel and civilian employees should keep accountability and know where their military identification is placed at all timesprove that you are who you are. That goes again with not having your CAC card is not a good thing.
Accountability is very important because it allows for your chain of command to know where you are at the moment. Also lets your chain of command know that you can...