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Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

Now, criminals on the other hand last, and last, and last. So for your story, just make this light colonel a guy who grew up greasing the wheels with money, unaccounted for leave, awards and promotions, money from the discretionary allowances, etc. Those exist all the time, especially in support MOS units. Logistics, JAG, contracting get their hands caught in the cookie jars for hundreds of thousands, if not millions.

Just see that he is the civil to military liason for the transfer of surplus DoD equipment to other State and Federal agencies. With a few NCOs and his JAG friends there is plenty of room for things to fall off the property books.

Picture an officer version of Don Rickles' character Sgt Crapgame in Kelley's Heroes.