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Originally Posted by Platapus
I wonder if in basic are they still issuing black boots... just so the recruits can carry on an important military tradition.
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No they do not. Still have the dress shoes to shine.
In my career field keeping the boots shinny was a waste of time. Most simply had a shined pair of non steel toed wore to the shop and away from the shop at work you wore your real boots. The dirt,oil and hydraulic fluid made keeping a good shine impossible on a pair of boots you actually worked in. We got dirty I think it confused other airmen who did not know of such labors when they saw us. Get dirty at work then get dirty playing rugby we scared some teams away only the Army would play us.