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Permalink Reply by Sailor's Sweetheart on
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The Navy Exchange Photographic Services at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes offers each graduating recruit the opportunity to purchase division and individual photographs, a division Cruise Book, which highlights the Recruits’ Boot Camp experiences from Night of Arrival to Graduation Day and a videotape of the Recruit Pass-In-Review Ceremony.
Photographs and cruise books may be purchased only by the recruit prior to their graduation from boot camp; however, if your recruit did not order a videotape of PIR, the Navy Exchange Photographic Services Office will accept orders.
Please verify with your recruit that a videotape has not been ordered by them prior to placing your request.
To order a videotape of your Recruit's PIR, please provide the following information:
Recruit's Name
Division Number
Date of Pass-In-Review Ceremony
Return Address (Sorry, No P.O. Box or Overseas Addresses Please)
Daytime Phone Number
For prices and additional information, please contact the Navy Exchange Photographic Services Office at 847-578-6205 or via e-mail at jerrold_klinkosh@nexweb.org. -
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From what I have read the entire package (photos, DVD, two solid oak frame; one with song to the left of the picture) costs about $300. I am not sure if you have to purchase it "all or nothing" but I am thinking we can purchase seperate pieces as according to what we would want. Not sure...
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Below is a link (blue writing) to a group on the navyfordads.com website that I have found to be very helpful. I was going to just copy/paste a ton of info into this discussion but then I realized just how much good info is over there so I am going to post the link here instead.
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Permalink Reply by diannep on
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Kinsi: I believe if you want the individual pictures, division pictures, Grad DVD, and The Keel, it is about $174. That is package A, I think. Worth getting that if affordable. I think people can get their own frames.
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I agree, haha! The frames sure do seem to hike up the price quite a bit! $174 seems MUCH more doable than $300, thats for sure :) By the way, what is "The Keel?"
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The yearbook. Kind of older piks in it, but I think they have the recruits in there too. I didn't get one though...so can't tell you for sure...maybe post asking about that on an older PIR group and see what it is like before you get one.
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Great idea, I will check with the PIR 7/9 group. Or, maybe an even later PIR group because if the yearbooks come in the mail 7/9 probably hasn't recieved it yet. Thanks for the idea :)
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Permalink Reply by JDs~Angel~ (RCU) on
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Oh.... someone mentioned putting stuff in a GPS for when we go out to PIR... I don't know if any of you have been to Restaurant.Com but they have a large listing of restaurants that have offered gift certificates for less money (like a $25.00 gc for like $10 or less if you belong to Borders rewards or some other participating program). I'm not sure about you all, but my budget is limited and I'm spending a lot of money to fly out and stay (my Sailor is worth it though). Saving a little money definitely helps!
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I agree JDs Angel - I am totally on a budget. One thing that I did was post on my Facebook wall to see if anyone had any extra airmiles that they did not plan to use and an old friend (seriously, form 7th grade) responded and said she had some. So to make a long story short, she is going to use her airmiles to purchase my ticket and all I have to pay is the $21 name transfer fee. My entire airfare (coming from CA) is only going to be $21 round trip! I am thrilled. If you are interested in saving money you might want to put a post on your Facebook too :) I was a little nervous at first, I thought it might seem tacky, but when it came down to possibly saving hundreds of dollars I threw "tacky" out the window and went ahead with it, I'm sure glad I did! Thank you for the gift card idea, I am definately going to check that out :) I don't have a GPS but maybe if I rent a car (which I was planning on doing anyways... and if you become a member of Enterprise (its free to join) you can get a rental car for $9.99 a day) I can rent one that has GPS in it. Thanks for the tips!
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Check with a PIR group back in April about The Keel, Kinsi. They would have received theirs by now.
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Permalink Reply by Amber-Brad's mom on
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The Keel (yearbook) has older pics in it, but they give you an insert of your loved one's divisonto go inside of it ( i just say one of my family memeber's this week)
I have always found great rates for car rentals on southwest.com. I book my rental car on there every time I travel -
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