Brett, was that in Iwakuni? Because there was a rash of bike thefts when I was there. Great way to get around there, but there were some thieving SOBs on that base. Consequently, our liberty briefs every Friday included a lecture on properly securing your sh!t. It had to have been the damn MPs who were stealing the bikes, though, because they could never catch 'them'. Then again, they WERE MPs...
We also had a rash of female Marines getting their underpants swiped from the laundry rooms, but I'm betting that was the Japanese contract workers. And that's another story altogether.
It was in Iwakuni, and I've seen said underwear for sale in the vending machines out in town.
Brett