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Did I read something about Coins?
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Yes, there are coins for the Nuke ratings. Hold off on getting a coin for your recruit's rating until he is ready to graduate from "A" School.
There is info on the coins and more in Gift Ideas for PIR and What does ??? mean? (A Guide to Navy Abbreviations and Terminology).
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Permalink Reply by TessaNator⚓️ on
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thanks! You are a wealth of info!
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You are very welcome.
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Permalink Reply by Aweightomyheart on
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Just ordered it. Thank you so very much.
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Aweightomyeart, wait until "A" School graduation to give the rating (HM) coin.
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Gotcha, did not think about that. That's a good idea...I have faith that he is going to graduate A school with flying colors. It would be better as a gift then. It would mean more I think celebrating yet another accomplishment! Thanks for that!
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Wow, i guess when we get a letter we can then know and order coins!?
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Yes, you will know which RTC ship coin to order then.
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Permalink Reply by Concernedad on
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Yes, definitely wait until your sailor is in place before ordering coins. Many things change and you'll have plenty of time to buy the coins. There are ship coins, and base coins and rate coins and rating coins and so on.
There are also some very nice display cases you can get to put them all in.
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Permalink Reply by CryptoDad on
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..... and so on.
Like personal coins from the interesting people your Sailor may meet.
Or those that are earned.
It's the ones you can't buy that mean the most.
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