Posted on Aug 22, 2016
How many of you used to shine or still shine your boots?
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How many of the Rally Point members used to shine their boots? How many of you still do? Please post your pictures below along with any stories you may have!
The single pair of boots on the wooden desk were an FCC's boots. I shined them when he went home after jokingly saying, "Martin, I expect my boots to look like yours by tomorrow!" He showed them off like a Christmas present on Monday!
P.S The above pictures are mine.
The single pair of boots on the wooden desk were an FCC's boots. I shined them when he went home after jokingly saying, "Martin, I expect my boots to look like yours by tomorrow!" He showed them off like a Christmas present on Monday!
P.S The above pictures are mine.
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ENS (Join to see) Absolutley. Spit shine them right up until the time I moved over to Desert Boots! Was darn good at it too!
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Ohhh yes! Shined boots for all but the last few years of 31 years...starting as an ROTC Cadet! Learning to apply a proper "spit shine" was a bonding exercise for new Cadets and one of the ways you learned and adopted Army Values like Duty, Loyalty, etc.
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The first time I shined my boots was a disaster. My Chief said, "just keep putting more on until it gets shiny". I ended up having a 1/4inch layer of wax on my boot - not understanding you had to buff it out -_-
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I always hated spit shining my boots. As an Airman in the early 80's, I remember being called to my Squadron Commanders office to be congratulated for winning a best maintained vehicle competition. I had spent the morning cutting weeds on the fence-line of the bomb dump and my boots and uniform showed it. After dusting myself off, I grabbed a can of black toner/spray paint and quick shined my boots. It was the best shine I ever had, until the paint started peeling off.
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