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Hi Everyone! We're getting so close, I'm so excited!!! I cannot wait to see my boy!
I have a question I hope someone can asnwer quickly.... He asked that I send his contacts and solution........... do they have to be sealed in their box? I'm just trying to find an envelope at work and nothing seems to be working. I'm assuming he would like them for graduation.
Thank you so much!!!!!
Kathy
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Permalink Reply by adelaide on
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I may be wrong, but by my understanding they are not allowed to have contacts until after graduation, but then they can have them immediately after, so you could bring them to PIR and he could go put them on the minute liberty is called. I think they are not allowed to wear the contacts back to base after liberty either and need to wear the Navy issued glasses to go back to their ship.
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Since he asked you for them though, that could mean he got permission for them and everything I just said is wrong, but I’m just repeating what I have heard elsewhere.
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Permalink Reply by Kathy - Daniel's Biggest Fan on
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Thank you.... I'm not sure what to do :(
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Well… hopefully one of the group moderators who has more experience than me will speak up.
Here’s another way to look at it though: If you send a small package with one pair of contacts and some saline and a case (or are they dailies? You could send a tiny package with just a pair), then the worst case scenario is they get thrown away and he gets yelled at a bit… I can’t imagine he’d really get punished for it. This in the last few days of BC probably wouldn’t phase him, so you could go ahead and send it since he asked and not worry about it. Maybe bring some more to PIR to hand off to him as he flies out so that he’ll still get them in case they were thrown out. Sorry, long answer, I’m all antsy and excited so I can’t help typing too much!
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Permalink Reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on
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Kathy - If he requested them...then it is okay to send them.
Send the contacts and a small (travel size) bottle of solution. You might want to also put that into a ziploc bag.You can use a small priority mail box. Make sure you tape the end closed. Mark the outside of the box with the contents. He will have to open it in front of his RDC (verify the contents...this happens with ANY bulky mail...pictures) and then will be told to put it away until PIR.
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Thank you so much everyone! So, write on the outside of the box there are contacts and solution in the box? Interesting...
I'm so excited! I can hardly contain myself :-)
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