Thats hilarious. I did something similar with comms equipment on my first deployment to Iraq, because as a lowly little E-3 I wasn't going to let some $80k piece gear I signed for disappear, and then pay for myself (although that was extremely unlikely anyway).

It ended up being useful enough that some folks up at division copied it and used it for tracking all of the laptops they were signing out, along with the paperwork, which you can't escape regardless of where you are.