Challenge Coins

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on November 20, 2015 at 6:14pm

Works for me!  Shouldn't be any issue since technically he is rated once he grads A

school.

Permalink Reply by Scott Sabyan on November 23, 2015 at 8:12am

The challenge coins are a great gift as well as a mark of achievements earned by your sailor.

My son is an aircrewman and I get him a challenge coin for each ship he lands on and each base he goes to as well as the rating coins.

Permalink Reply by Mark Andre on November 24, 2015 at 5:49pm

Thanks for the input Scott, I am hoping to do exactly the same for my sailor. What I am wondering, and this question is to all my new friends, is what kinds of things are you engraving on the coins? Or are you engraving anything? I'd like it to be personal, but not overdone. 

Permalink Reply by Scott Sabyan on November 25, 2015 at 8:23am

On his E3, E4, E5 coins I had his name, AWF3, AWF2, etc, and his home town engraved on them.

If you know the actual dates of the advancement, you could have those engraved too.

I really think you're going to enjoy ordering and giving these to your sailor.

We spent some time with my son in Virginia before his deployment and I was surprised at how many coins he has amassed already.