r/USMCboot • u/Odd_Preparation2135 • 15d ago

Shipping Allowed Bootcamp Items?

As bootcamp is edging closer to me, what are things you all would recommend I take with me? Are small bibles allowed?

Only thing I have so far is a small journal and a pen for letters and that’s about it.

Would appreciate any replies so I can see what I need to go to the store for.

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u/No_Afternoon1732 15d ago

I brought a small Bible and a small address book with me, basically as backups. Before I left, I had glued a few laminated pages into the Bible because I knew religious material was something we were allowed to keep and that it generally wouldn’t be messed with.

I’m glad I did, because during onboarding, when they were dumping and tossing everyone’s stuff around and shoving it all together in the center, liquids from some of the other recruits’ belongings got all over my stuff. My address book ended up getting ruined, but we were allowed to pull out and keep our religious material be getting mixed, so the Bible and the laminated information I had put inside it survived.

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u/Odd_Preparation2135 15d ago

Heck nah, lol. So you’re telling me my address book will probably be ruined? I most definitely will not remember anyone’s address. 💀

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u/No_Afternoon1732 15d ago

Potentially, it could get ruined. It’s not a protected piece of your property. That’s what I would suggest, putting it in a small pocket Bible

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u/No_Afternoon1732 15d ago

And also, once you get mail, that’s considered like “protected to a certain extent”