Topic: Boots, the kind you wear on your feet, not the FNG's

Lil Hulk 1988 · October 2nd, 2004

How many here actually used the issued boots? Or did you go and get some other "commercial" combat boots for the field?

Mark Conley · October 2nd, 2004

used mine all the time..they last about 6-7 months...lol

doddsy2978 · October 2nd, 2004

I wore issue boots most of the time.

I did buy a pair once - but then I was in the British Forces and, for some strange reason, our procurers didn't seem to learn the same lessons that were taught during WWI as everybody else. Namely, if your soldier's feet stay wet they become casualties. The same lesson was spoon fed the authorities again, in 1982. The standard issue DMS boot at that time was about as waterproof as a teabag. So, some took to buying their own. Expensive business, isn't it, though! I mean footwear becomes damaged easily in a soldier's environment, so, as the standard of the British Boot improved, I packed that game in and saved me some money

The last boot I was issued with - the 'Pro Boot' was brilliant. I remember putting a brand new pair on for a CFT (8 mile forced march in Marching Order(with 40lb kit)) without any troubles at all - brilliantly comfortable.

Pete031 · November 29th, 2004

I swear by my Hi tech magnums... or now just called magnums, Light rugged and durable... the only thing I would like would be drain holes like the jungle boot... The boots we get issued are garbage.

03USMC · November 29th, 2004

Never for the field. Danner Ft Lewis boots or Jungles. I did use the Desert boots.

Issues were solely for garrison and inspections.

NCdt Steliga · November 29th, 2004

I wear my issued boots. Really all they allow us to wear right now.

beardo · November 29th, 2004

best investment ive ever made was my £180 Lowa Gore-Tex Combat boots......could sleep with them on and not even notice them

the_13th_redneck · November 29th, 2004

Gore Tex stuff in general just rules.

beardo · November 30th, 2004

yeah....especially when you've been walking through a river for the last mile and not realised

AussieNick · December 1st, 2004

I wear my Taipans by Highmark shoes. They are an australian boot, excellent quality, strong, comfy, light and they just last and last. I've had them since 1999, and worn them for everything... Military exercises, paintball, hiking, painting the house. Everything you can think of, and they are still in top condition.

October 2nd, 2004	Post 1
Lil Hulk 1988 Centurion	Post; Boots, the kind you wear on your feet, not the FNG's How many here actually used the issued boots? Or did you go and get some other "commercial" combat boots for the field? __________________ \"U.S. Marines are about the most peculiar breed of human beings I have ever known. They treat their service as if it was some kind of cult, plastering their emblem on almost everythng they own, making themselves up to look like insane fanatics...., *which I have come to the conclusion they are!*\" -- An Anonymous Canadian Citizen

October 2nd, 2004	Post 2
Mark Conley Tribuni Angusticlavii	used mine all the time..they last about 6-7 months...lol __________________ “If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.”— General James H. Doolittle, USAAF

November 29th, 2004	Post 5
03USMC Milforum Moderator Gear	Never for the field. Danner Ft Lewis boots or Jungles. I did use the Desert boots. Issues were solely for garrison and inspections. __________________ The only people I like besides my wife and children are MARINES. Col. Oliver North USMC

November 29th, 2004	Post 6
NCdt Steliga Cadet Moderator Gear	I wear my issued boots. Really all they allow us to wear right now. __________________ 'Truth. Duty. Valour. Blow out you bugles over the rich dead There's none of these so lonely and poor of old But dying has made us rarer gifts than gold' Inscription on the top of the Memorial Arch at RMC Kingston

November 29th, 2004	Post 8
the_13th_redneck Fridgeraider (Instructor) Gear	Gore Tex stuff in general just rules. __________________ Sergeant 13th Redneck (RET) Republic of Korea Marine Corps TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSTITUTED Next time you travel http://www.epictrip.com

October 2nd, 2004	Post 3
doddsy2978 Immunes	I wore issue boots most of the time. I did buy a pair once - but then I was in the British Forces and, for some strange reason, our procurers didn't seem to learn the same lessons that were taught during WWI as everybody else. Namely, if your soldier's feet stay wet they become casualties. The same lesson was spoon fed the authorities again, in 1982. The standard issue DMS boot at that time was about as waterproof as a teabag. So, some took to buying their own. Expensive business, isn't it, though! I mean footwear becomes damaged easily in a soldier's environment, so, as the standard of the British Boot improved, I packed that game in and saved me some money The last boot I was issued with - the 'Pro Boot' was brilliant. I remember putting a brand new pair on for a CFT (8 mile forced march in Marching Order(with 40lb kit)) without any troubles at all - brilliantly comfortable.

November 29th, 2004	Post 4
Pete031 Centurion Gear	I swear by my Hi tech magnums... or now just called magnums, Light rugged and durable... the only thing I would like would be drain holes like the jungle boot... The boots we get issued are garbage.

November 29th, 2004	Post 7
beardo Centurion	best investment ive ever made was my £180 Lowa Gore-Tex Combat boots......could sleep with them on and not even notice them

November 30th, 2004	Post 9
beardo Centurion	yeah....especially when you've been walking through a river for the last mile and not realised

December 1st, 2004	Post 10
AussieNick Forum Digger Gear	I wear my Taipans by Highmark shoes. They are an australian boot, excellent quality, strong, comfy, light and they just last and last. I've had them since 1999, and worn them for everything... Military exercises, paintball, hiking, painting the house. Everything you can think of, and they are still in top condition.

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