greybeard
05-08-09, 10:17 PM
A friend called me today for a little advice. Here's the deal:
His nephew is currently a poolee, and will be leaving for MCRD right after high school graduation. The uncle wants to get him something for H.S. graduation---something the recruit could take with him to MCRD and use. When I went to MCRD, (way back when--1969) everything we took to boot, got mailed back home in a box within a few hours of our arrival except maybe a watch or religious item, and those had to be kept in our footlocker till after graduation from MCRD.
I know a lot has changed in the last 40 yrs (or maybe not), so I was unsure what to tell him. Any advice from those of you who are a bit younger than I am? Are recruits now allowed to keep anything with them during training?
His nephew is currently a poolee, and will be leaving for MCRD right after high school graduation. The uncle wants to get him something for H.S. graduation---something the recruit could take with him to MCRD and use. When I went to MCRD, (way back when--1969) everything we took to boot, got mailed back home in a box within a few hours of our arrival except maybe a watch or religious item, and those had to be kept in our footlocker till after graduation from MCRD.
I know a lot has changed in the last 40 yrs (or maybe not), so I was unsure what to tell him. Any advice from those of you who are a bit younger than I am? Are recruits now allowed to keep anything with them during training?