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I didn't get one single blister. This, I guess, on account of my feet having been bound up like an Imperial China 17-year old prize bride. I started feeling something in them again about a week later. It's kinda funny how much poo poo you can endure when you're a kid and not get permanent damage.
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At MCT we had black plates marked FOR TRAINING ONLY on them
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zombie303 posted:Or not be a dumbass? Brand new boots on a ruck? Mountain climbers, go. i did that poo poo in soi on the 15k hump with a pair of danners. whooops
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:i did that poo poo in soi on the 15k hump with a pair of danners. whooops ahaha I bought loving danners and then realized it was like having concrete shoes they're so loving heavy
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Reverand maynard posted:ahaha I bought loving danners and then realized it was like having concrete shoes they're so loving heavy yep never wore em again except for a few formations since they were so unused
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battalion or brigade or whatever tried to make them maqndatory for our afghan deployment. lmao never seen so many people band together to say gently caress the commander in my life.
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A wise SNCO advised me that Danners were just for show, and anyone that wears them daily is a wannabe tool.
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My safety boots were so comfortable. Too bad fuckers would bitch up a storm if I wore them outside of my workcenter.
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They get a lot of poo poo but I always liked a broken in pair of Bellevilles.
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the sad thing is nothing compares to just a good pair of hiking boots
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Reverand maynard posted:the sad thing is nothing compares to just a good pair of hiking boots
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:They get a lot of poo poo but I always liked a broken in pair of Bellevilles. I do like them. Although I am sad that if anything happens to my old flight deck boots, I can't find a replacement.
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Reverand maynard posted:the sad thing is nothing compares to just a good pair of hiking boots For real.
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altima hoplites bitches. only boot i wore for five years.
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Reverand maynard posted:the sad thing is nothing compares to just a good pair of hiking boots Thump! posted:For real. It's all a wore through college.
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:They get a lot of poo poo but I always liked a broken in pair of Bellevilles. I still wear a pair of Bevelles that I got issued in Iraq 10 years ago They're rad as hell
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When I went to Iraq, I had a new pair of Air Force issued boots that everyone referred to as smurf boots. The Army Lt Col I worked for told me that the dirtier the got, the better they looked. First time I was ever complimented for having lovely looking boots.
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There's only a few pairs of boots on the list of what your unit is allowed to buy you here. The Bellevilles I had were loving terrible, I thought I had plantar fasciitis until I realized my feet got better during longer periods of not wearing my boots. As it turns out none of the other boots on the list are wide enough for my feet and because I'm required to have safety toes it's not like they're going to stretch out. So I went and bought a pair of Rockys out of pocket and my feet feel great. I'm apparently not alone in the Belleviles wrecking my feet. Chief started buying non safety toe boots for people and saying he'll take the fall if we ever get called out on it.
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I wore oakley's boot offerings in Iraq. I've never looked back after that.
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LCL-Dead posted:I wore oakley's boot offerings in Iraq. I've never looked back after that.
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Lazy Reservist posted:When I went to Iraq, I had a new pair of Air Force issued boots that everyone referred to as smurf boots. The Army Lt Col I worked for told me that the dirtier the got, the better they looked. First time I was ever complimented for having lovely looking boots. Apparently the Pattern 83 chest rig from South Africa was actually supposed to get dirty, since the Nutria brown color it was dyed would only properly blend in with the Sub-Saharan terrain when colored by usage in the field.
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Bootchat? I picked up a pair of these this week: http://uspatriottactical.com/nike-sfb-field-ar670-1-compliant-army-tactical-boot-desert-tan/ Not as comfortable as my beloved synthetic leather New Balance boots but pretty excellent given that people are starting to care about boots being 670-1 compliant.
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I wore my boot camp New Balance sneakers during every morning PT for all four years. I bought 1 pair of boots while I was in. They were my "garrison boots" to go with my "garrison cover" and "garrison cammies". All of which of course aren't a thing because REAL Marines keep their full boot camp issue intact and presentable for the duration of their careers. Only a disgusting loving pig would dishonor his uniform by neglecting to sew-up a crotch hole or by putting starch anywhere near his cover.
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Victor Vermis posted:I wore my boot camp New Balance sneakers during every morning PT for all four years. Nerd.
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lol if you didn't wear coveralls and safety boots for literally everything short of a uniform inspection or safety stand down
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Bolow posted:lol if you didn't wear coveralls and safety boots for literally everything short of a uniform inspection or safety stand down I still wear coveralls when working on poo poo like cars or painting although I'm usually in a pair of flip flops with that.
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Bolow posted:lol if you didn't wear coveralls and safety boots for literally everything short of a uniform inspection or safety stand down Uniform inspection was every morning?
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zombie303 posted:Uniform inspection was every morning? Always inspecting. Always judging.
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zombie303 posted:Uniform inspection was every morning? I think I wore my utilities like once a week for 20 minutes at a time for 4 years #justairwingthings
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zombie303 posted:Uniform inspection was every morning? I remember having to put on an inspection ready set of utilities and boots for breakfast/quarters every morning. I would then immediately go change into a pair of paint coveralls and boots with paint/poo poo on them for morning work. A little before lunch I would have to go change back into my inspection utilities or I couldn't eat on the mess decks. After lunch, change back out. If we had to work past dinner, I would have to change again to eat and then back to work again. If I had to leave the ship, I'd have to put utilities back on because coveralls weren't allowed on the pier. I spent at least an hour each day when I was junior enlisted just changing loving clothes.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I remember having to put on an inspection ready set of utilities and boots for breakfast/quarters every morning. I would then immediately go change into a pair of paint coveralls and boots with paint/poo poo on them for morning work. A little before lunch I would have to go change back into my inspection utilities or I couldn't eat on the mess decks. After lunch, change back out. If we had to work past dinner, I would have to change again to eat and then back to work again. If I had to leave the ship, I'd have to put utilities back on because coveralls weren't allowed on the pier. I spent at least an hour each day when I was junior enlisted just changing loving clothes. That sounds exhausting.
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zombie303 posted:That sounds exhausting. A large chunk of my seven years in the military was some form of dressup.
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I showed up to work in civilian clothes. Put some coveralls on and my work boots. Then changed out of said coveralls and back into civies for lunch and leaving work.
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Bolow posted:I showed up to work in civilian clothes. Put some coveralls on and my work boots. Then changed out of said coveralls and back into civies for lunch and leaving work. Civilian clothes would have just added in another step in the chain. I could eat breakfast in street attire, but I'd still have to change into utilities for quarters and then back into coveralls for work. Changing clothes so drat many times a day when I was enlisted definitely made me squash any of that poo poo I came across as an officer. I get that they don't want dirty clothes on the mess decks, but changing clothes 5-10 times every day just to function is pretty god damned stupid.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Civilian clothes would have just added in another step in the chain. I could eat breakfast in street attire, but I'd still have to change into utilities for quarters and then back into coveralls for work. on my ship they were pretty tolerant, as long as your coveralls or flight deck jersey wasn't totally filthy but the carrier had plenty of other morale drains to lean on
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The rule was uniform of the day only on the mess decks. Engineering was allowed to be in coveralls because it was their uniform of the day. Deck personnel, even if we weren't in painted up nasty coveralls, were not, because our uniform of the day was utilities. Since this only really affected a handful of people no one gave a poo poo about our bitching.
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Boot chat! Did my last deployment in 2 pair of Solomons. High ankle for when you do night ops in the mountains and need extra support. Low ankle when you know you're going to make contact and need to run fast. The idea of "combat boots" is an absolute joke.
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