In 1971 I was stationed at Ft McClellan Al, assignment was the post arms room. I signed in the Company on Wed, went to Arms Room on Thur, was off Friday. Monday morning was weekly inventory. Civilian owned .32 MAB missing. The next three days were very unpleasant. Even though I had not even been in the Arms Room vault I was considered suspect. CID got its act together, the dude who I replaced had left on the Tuesday before I got there. He had worked there two years and ETS'd from the Army. They went somewhere in Ohio, found him, he denied it, so that was the end of it.
Many years later, then I was SFC Tng NCO and we're going out for a twelve day exercise. The Supply Sgt & I load up the Supply & Arms room, head out to FTX area, set up shop. Later that day he calls me, 1911A1 missing. We look, can't find it. had ten enlisted helping in the move, so either it was missing before (no way) got lost (no way) or somebody took it in transit. Rest of the Company shows up, I inform 1SG & CO, process of investigation starts. CO said he wouldn't report it for a couple of days. We tighten up the place. No gun. ISG called formation. Announced all we wanted was the gun. No questions asked. At about two in the morning CQ woke me up, he stepped outside for a cigarette and stepped on something on the back steps. It was that damn pistol.