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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
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Is it customary to get a graduation gift and if so what are you getting?
I was just wondering about graduation gifts for our soon-to-be Sailors. Any thought or ideas?
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Permalink Reply by Crazy Blonde (Ship 2, Div-925) on
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I got my son the card reader that can read his ID card, and the Challenge Coins he earned so far E-1, E-2, E-3 and the one for RTC, and study materials he can use at his A-School. He's going for HM, and there are lots of study materials for the HM classes.
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Permalink Reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on
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The N4M's Community Guidelines does not allow the promotion of businesses on it's public pages...but does allow it on your Profile page or through the private message system to your Friends when asked.SO, since this discussion is here...I will give you the link to a members page that has a Comment with a link to a Challenge Coin business! They are offering free shipping (standard) on orders of $20 or more. Make sure you read the comment completely on how to take advantage of this offer.
http://www.navyformoms.com/profile/proudmom221?xg_source=profiles_f...
Here is a site with some History about the origin of Challenge Coins.
The size of the "Coin" is a liitle larger than a Silver Dollar...but about twice as heavy.
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I wasn't trying to promote the company...my bad. However, in light of this I will find another source for the history.
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THIS IS A REPOST WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE BUSINESS THAT WAS POSTED FOR THE HISTORY OF THE CHALLENGE COIN. New wikipedia site link added instead.
The N4M's Community Guidelines does not allow the promotion of businesses on its public pages...but does allow it on your Profile page or through the private message system to your Friends when asked.SO, since this discussion is here...I will give you the link to a members page that has a Comment with a link to a Challenge Coin business! They are offering free shipping (standard) on orders of $20 or more. Make sure you read the comment completely on how to take advantage of this offer.
http://www.navyformoms.com/profile/proudmom221?xg_source=profiles_f...
Here is a site with some History about the origin of Challenge Coins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin
The size of the "Coin" is a little larger than a Silver Dollar...but about twice as heavy.
I have several Coins myself as my hubby has "coined" me with them from his Deployments...I also have one given to me by his General (at the time) in a beautiful case with a letter...he had one made for all of the spouses...I treasure it.
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