Gifts after PIR?

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Permalink Reply by Carl G. on May 31, 2013 at 7:43am

I ordered one of these:  http://www.militaryclothing.com/IBS/SimpleCat/Product.asp?product_i...

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on May 31, 2013 at 8:43am

Every command is different but your son will let you know exactly what he can have. In our experience just to have his cel phone back was huge! When my son was in A School he eventually had me ship his PS3 setup to Pensacola. I too had asked if he can use a laptop or tablet but he said not worth it since the wireless connectivity was slow/still being worked on (this was back in 2011) and he had to pay for the account. So whenever he needed to hop on a PC he walked quite a ways but there were workstations available for use...

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on May 31, 2013 at 9:42am

wireless is poor at most A-schools I've come to learn.....a ton of recent grads want nice watches- just an idea

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Permalink Reply by Carl G. on May 31, 2013 at 12:37pm

That's funny.  My son wrote me a recent letter asking what new video games were out haha!  I wanted to hear how he's doing with training, he wants to know about video games.
 
NavyDads Group Admin, Gary said:

...When my son was in A School he eventually had me ship his PS3 setup to Pensacola.

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Permalink Reply by Carl G. on May 31, 2013 at 12:38pm

Ok many thanks.  
 
NavyDads Admin (Paul) said:

wireless is poor at most A-schools I've come to learn.....a ton of recent grads want nice watches- just an idea

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Permalink Reply by David F. on June 4, 2013 at 3:01pm

When my middle kid graduated from Cavalry Scout training I wanted to get him a nice, tough watch that would survive just about anything and that he could see at night.

 

I found this:  http://www.amazon.com/Luminox-Mens-3051-Colormark-Watch/dp/B000WY8Z...

 

It ended up being the perfect watch for him.  Four years later and he still loves it.  Bought one for myself and it's been great as well.  So when my youngest graduates from Navy boot camp in July, he'll get one.

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Permalink Reply by Carl G. on June 5, 2013 at 2:14pm

That is a cool watch but wouldn't the numbers & hashes light up if shined with light? 

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Permalink Reply by David F. on June 5, 2013 at 10:14pm

On that watch, the numbers are not reflective.  However, the hash marks and hands of the watch contain little gas lights that are always lit and will stay lit for 25 years.  Very nice watches for low light/no light situations.  They are not that cheap, but if you look around you can probably find one for under $200.00.

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Permalink Reply by Keith Thorn on June 25, 2013 at 7:15pm

Thank you for sharing a great idea and the link to it!

Carl G. said:

I ordered one of these:  http://www.militaryclothing.com/IBS/SimpleCat/Product.asp?product_i...

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Permalink Reply by Carl G. on June 25, 2013 at 10:16pm

No problem!

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