So how do military clean boots now?

Aktungbby · 12-16-15, 11:24 AM

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7. Your Combat Boot is designed for maximum performance in a field environment. Do not apply polish to your Combat Boots.
8. Your Combat Boots are designed to be easy to care for. The nylon quarter side panels of your boots are as strong as leather and will last if cared for properly. To clean your Combat Boots, brush with stiff nylon bristle brush to clean and then use warm water. Do not use soap to clean your boots. If additional, more stringent cleaning is necessary, only water-soluble cleaning products should be used as oil- or alcohol-based cleaning products may damage your boots.

August · 12-16-15, 12:21 PM

No shine boots, breaking Drill Sergeants hearts everywhere!

Oberon · 12-16-15, 01:01 PM

Wow. Then again I guess the parade boots will require at least four tons of polish before the Provo will stop throwing beds around.

Platapus · 12-16-15, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by August

No shine boots, breaking Drill Sergeants hearts everywhere!

I wonder if in basic are they still issuing black boots... just so the recruits can carry on an important military tradition.

Stealhead · 12-16-15, 10:51 PM

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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.

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.

ikalugin · 12-17-15, 03:13 AM

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I wonder if in basic are they still issuing black boots... just so the recruits can carry on an important military tradition.

There are always black wheels that need diezel coating and a paint job to look proper.

Platapus · 12-17-15, 06:38 PM

Ahh basic training

If it moves, salute it
If it does not move, pick it up
If you can't pick it up, paint it.

I remember it well. But I still feel sorry for that inattentive Lieutenant that was standing there....

ETR3(SS) · 12-18-15, 07:48 AM

It's my understanding that recruits are still being issued black leather boots to polish in USN boot camp. They're a little different from the boondockers that we had when I was in, more like regular combat boots it looks like.

Stealhead · 12-19-15, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Ahh basic training

If it moves, salute it
If it does not move, pick it up
If you can't pick it up, paint it.

I remember it well. But I still feel sorry for that inattentive Lieutenant that was standing there....

You forgot if it is metal shine it.
If it is a floor wax it.

Cybermat47 · 12-20-15, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by August

No shine boots, breaking Drill Sergeants hearts everywhere!

Maybe they should become AAFC staff members, black boots are still common at my squadron at least.

Thank God I have the newer Army-style boots

August · 12-20-15, 09:07 PM

Look what I found in an old trunk the other day. Not bad for a 30 year old shine. They still fit too!

12-16-15, 12:21 PM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,226 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No shine boots, breaking Drill Sergeants hearts everywhere! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

12-17-15, 06:38 PM	#7
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,395 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Ahh basic training If it moves, salute it If it does not move, pick it up If you can't pick it up, paint it. I remember it well. But I still feel sorry for that inattentive Lieutenant that was standing there.... __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	It's my understanding that recruits are still being issued black leather boots to polish in USN boot camp. They're a little different from the boondockers that we had when I was in, more like regular combat boots it looks like. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

12-20-15, 09:07 PM	#11
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,226 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Look what I found in an old trunk the other day. Not bad for a 30 year old shine. They still fit too! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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12-16-15, 01:01 PM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Wow. Then again I guess the parade boots will require at least four tons of polish before the Provo will stop throwing beds around.