Godholio posted:

Wear more socks. You need your feet to not move inside the boot.

Naked Bear posted:

Anything more than minimal rubbing (and only when brand new) means that the boots don't fit. Don't wear boots that don't fit. Doesn't matter if you paid for them or if they're the same "size" as other footwear that you own.

Zeris posted:

1. Loosen boot laces
2. Put on socks of medium thickness
3. Prepare several strips of breathable tape, medical tape or similar
4. Gently wrap each foot with photocopies of your dd214 using the tape
5. Throw those boots in the garbage

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

hump new boots

Naked Bear posted:

Anything more than minimal rubbing (and only when brand new) means that the boots don't fit. Don't wear boots that don't fit. Doesn't matter if you paid for them or if they're the same "size" as other footwear that you own.

Godholio posted:

What is this, basic training/boot camp?

Zeris posted:

5. Throw those boots in the garbage

Elsa posted:

I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut through pissbottle conversations. You think pissbottles are bad, try shitbagging. But no, it gets better. What about holding the bag for someone else

My third deployment we spent a lot of time in the back of MRAPs. I was the platoon medic, so the back of the platoon sergeant's MRAP was my ambulance-type area. Medical people will tell you things like blood and poo poo and piss just don't really matter, and add the closeness of a deployment on top of that.

Well our gunner needed to poo poo sometimes, and instead of stopping and circling the wagons I offered to cut the top off an MRE bag and hold it so the gunner could poo poo in it. The opening of the bag is pretty big, comes out to maybe the size of a medium coffee can. The trickty part is the weight of the poo poo will change the shape of the opening rather suddenly.

When I offered to wipe his rear end too, our gunner refused but then our platoon sergeant got in on it and said he'd better not take his hands off the 50 cal. We were all connected with headsets so this is all piped into our ears directly.

Obviously there's very little excuse to pee in bottles when you're in your own home or apartment. But JUST SO YOU KNOW it's when people get grossed out by it that you sound like precious snowflakes. The laziness and the gross factor are two separate issues to me.

Doc Hawkins posted:

bulletsponge13 posted:

When I was ETSing from Active, my SMJ asked me to sit down and discuss reenlistment. He did the whole, "everyone comes back within six months" "There's no jobs bullshit then got down to brass tacks.
"What do I have to do to get you to stay? What kind of bonus?"
"187,000 dollars, Sergeant Major."
"What the hell? Where did you come up with that?""
"On the way to division review, I counted how many people I'd rather be, and figured each was worth a hundred dollars."
He chuckled. "Alright. You can pick any school. I'll give you Ranger! What do you think about that?"
"Malaysian Man Tracker."
"Be serious! Real schools here. I will put you down for Ranger today."
"It is a real school. I know some SF dudes who went to it. And I would rather lick my own rear end than go to Ranger."
At this point he got a big angry.
"Fine. Next duty station. Where do you want to go?"
"Antarctica."
"What the gently caress for!?"
"Because the Antarctic Service Medal is cool looking."
"SPC Bulletsponge, get the hell out of my loving office."

I didn't reenlist to stay active."

Smiling Jack posted:

If you didn't learn boot poo poo during boy scout hikes gently caress you

Casimir Radon posted:

I thought I had plantar fasciitis thanks to Bellevilles. My heels ached all the time, but then I noticed that it went away when I didn't work and wore normal shoes. Unfortunately the list of boots supply will buy us is pretty limited and only gets worse if you're required to have a safety toe. I ended up buying a pair of Rockys and my feet have been much better for it.

DoktorLoken posted:

The newer Nikes or Rocky S2V own.