Our son is being commissioned into the US Army. Any ideas for a gift to celebrate his commissioning?

Question

We have already purchased a gift for his college graduation, but wanted to give him something of significance to a member of the Army as well.

Answer 1

A really nice personalized military style photo album so he can record his travels throughout his career. If you are religious at all, a military style St. Christopher Medal.

Answer 2

Army Officer Commissioning Gifts

Answer 3

Something practical...

He will likely see combat soon.

Laptops are a good tool for the endless reports, statements, requests, spreadsheets, matrices, oporders, warno's, etc., that your young lieutenant will create, edit, review, or read. Get a good wireless card along with it.

Get a good panasonic toughbook, with some long lasting batteries. A good digital camera (3 to 5 mega pixels) with memory cartridge. A 2 gigabyte or greater memory stick.

Or, some magazines for his M4 that are made by H&K (the issue mags are made by the lowest bidder, and sometimes are the reason for stoppages or malfunctions in the weapon, a stoppage or malfunction in a gunfight is a very bad thing, and reduces your chances of survivability) the H&K mags are made entirely from high quality steel, some are coated with teflon inside, they use very good craftsmanship, and eliminate the chance of stoppage or malfunction due to a poor magazine, thereby reducing the likelihood that your son's weapon won't fire when he needs it to.

Some good shooting gloves - lotsa guys like the Oakley brand. Some nomex long underwear, this will help prevent flash burns should he be involved in an IED attack while riding inside an armored vehicle, essentially it will keep his clothes from burning to his skin, saving him from getting endless skin grafts later on down the road.

Some Peltor or Sordin hearing protection - you can get these so that he can hook it up to his commo gear, it will amplify voices so that he can hear normal sounds around him, and provide clear sound for commo (helping his situational awareness), but it will prevent loud noise, and save his ear drums from bursting if he's involved in an IED attack. Check with TCI Swat or similar companies.

Answer 4

Well if you could get on to base they sell great gifts at AAFES. You could get him a box to put his medals in or something like that. Since you are his parents you might not be able to so you could buy a shadow box which is the same thing. http://usmilitarystuff.com/ has some things that you could check out!

Answer 5

There are coins and rings that help to celebrate these events.
I see them advertised in the Armytimes all the time.


Now, Congratulations on raising a young man with both honor and pride for his country!

Answer 6

My family has always done Buck Knives – the brass on the end is engraved with his name and emblem of branch. The other end has the date and the from inscription. Its been 4 generations now (I was 3rd)

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. - George Bernard Shaw

Answer 7

you can go to mil.com they have different gift ideas. ignore those ignore answer, you should be proud of you son. and search the net there are some other military gift sites out there with some really cool things

Answer 8

Congratulations! and he may want or like an engraved saber especially if he is graduating from a military school.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

A stick of butter as a joke. He'll be known as a "butter bar" while he's a 2LT.