[VRWC_minion]

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Q: What can and can't I send recruits in the mail?

A: According to the rules governing recruit training, the following items are considered to be "contraband" and are prohibited to be sent to recruits:

• Weapons and ammunition, to include knives
  
• Combustibles, including matches
  
• Pornography
  
• Gambling devices, to include playing cards and dice
  
• Alcoholic Beverages
  
• Drugs
  
• Tobacco products
  
• Athletic equipment
  
• Cameras and radios
  
• Civilian clothing
  
• Electrical appliances (except irons)
  
• Photographs larger than wallet size
  
• Birth control devices

[Just another Joe]

A: According to the rules governing recruit training, the following items are considered to be "contraband" and are prohibited to be sent to recruits:

Don't try to lie. Tobacco products cannot be sent to a recruit.
That doesn't mean they can't buy them in the base PX and doesn't mean they can't smoke them when the CC says, "Smoke 'em if you got 'em."