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Help Please!! Gift Ideas
Hello ladies, my sailors PIR is next week (finally!) and i spent theses past 2 months thinking of how much i missed him and not much on what to get him...any ideas?? i would really appreciate it, what do they usually get for PIR, i would like something meaningful
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Permalink Reply by RobsPrincess12 on
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Well, until they get to A-School they can't have any gifts anyways. So whatever you get him, you'll have to wait until after he gets to his A Schoolto be able to keep it. If you know what ship he was on, there is a guy who makes Coins with their ships on them. They are really nice but he only makes them for some Ships. You should check though. It will show that what he went through meant just as much to you as it did to him.
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Permalink Reply by KJ<3ProudNavyGf Ship-14 Div-026 on
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oh my god thank you for letting me know, i wasn't so sure about what kind of gifts we can get them. do you know where i can get the information about this guy?
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I can look it up and post the link.
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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When my sailor went to A school I waited til I got his address and I printed a bunch of pictures off of us and put them in an album and sent them to him. They dont have tons of room so it is best to wait a little bit if you want to get him something bigger. and also figure out what their rules are but I havent heard of an a school yet that doesnt allow some pictures :) An album will keep them organized and not take up a ton of room. Also, if you sign up for sites like shutterfly, snapfish, clark photo, walgreens photo, and york photo you get free prints for signing up. Just pay shipping!! My sailor still has his almost 2 years later. Before he left for deployment last december we added some more pictures of stuff we had done between a school and deployment. He would randomly text or email me saying hey remember that time we went to do such and such. Looking through the pictures reminded him of those memories.
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but if you do give them a gift at PIR you will have to probably keep it or wait to give it to them at the airport if you get to see them off there. My sailor didnt leave Great lakes til the tuesday after PIR so that wasnt an option for me. But some A schools do have restrictions about what they are allowed to have.
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Permalink Reply by alleyoop90 (Ship 14/Div 45) on
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Ive seen a lot of people say they get their SR a nice watch for graduation
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I have him one before he left but I guess another one wouldn't hurt lol
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Permalink Reply by Desiree on
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I got my husband a nice black watch that we can wear everyday with his uniform, he loves it.
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That's a good idea, I gave him one before left though :-/ Is there a specific color they need to use with their uniform?
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I am pretty sure there are regulations for watches with a uniform. So I would check before buying one.
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Oh well that's nice, I was thinking of a scrapbook but I'm starting to think you might be right, I should get him something small maybe and then I can send him something once he's in A school
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