My company was locked down for over a week because an a-hole tried to steal an AN/PVS-4 night sight.
I hear ya, it’s been 40+ years since I was in but I do remember the lockdowns if important equipment went missing, not fun, no one was allowed to go home, just stand down and wait.
USMC. We locked down over a lost lensatic compass. Tritium you know.... nuclear threat.