Posted on Feb 23, 2019
Rebooting Boot Camp: Fort Leonard Wood Tests New Footwear For Recruits
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Lt. Col. Alfred Boone saw a disturbing trend among the new recruits he oversees at Fort Leonard Wood in the Missouri Ozarks.
“Infected blisters, hairline fractures, hip strains,” Boone said, describing the increase in injuries among the new soldiers.
“Infected blisters, hairline fractures, hip strains,” Boone said, describing the increase in injuries among the new soldiers.
Rebooting Boot Camp: Fort Leonard Wood Tests New Footwear For Recruits
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel, I received two pair of the standard issue boots not long after I arrived at the reception station at Fort Jackson, SC in OCT69. From the first moment I put them on they fit, required almost NO breaking in, they were comfortable and they never gave me a moment’s trouble regardless of activity, including runs. I never heard anyone else complain about them either that I remember.
They were incredibly durable. They became my standard field boot. I brought a pair home and my father used them as his yard boots for 15-20 years!
I tried to find a pair online to show and I think these are quite similar. The sole and heel were one solid piece rubber construction.
What has the Army forgotten? I hear of boot complaints all the time nowadays. I don’t get it!
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They were incredibly durable. They became my standard field boot. I brought a pair home and my father used them as his yard boots for 15-20 years!
I tried to find a pair online to show and I think these are quite similar. The sole and heel were one solid piece rubber construction.
What has the Army forgotten? I hear of boot complaints all the time nowadays. I don’t get it!
1SG (Join to see) Capt Daniel Goodman PVT Mark Zehner
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I probably still have a pair of my first issue boot in a duffle bag somewhere. They last decades.
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I know a lot of people dont spend the time to ensure they get the right size at reception and that leads to blisters early on at BCT. We also dont use these rubber boots anymore and perhaps the new standard issues arent as good as the old. I never had too many issues with mine but me and about everyone else I know have since bought our own AR 670-1 compliant boots in place of the standard issues.
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I do find that of more than cursory passing clinical interest, as I'd been explicitly trained for such research before my total perm disability, I'd love to be of serious clinical research use in such a bioengineering study, you know?
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Interesting, and looking forward to the results. Hopefully they are gathering data on the physical activity level/history prior to enlisting. The gender, and aware that the location of some hairline fractures is very relevant to gender. Same for hip sprains.
Infected blisters may mean DS need to conduct feet checks, like NCOs do on foot marches in the rest of the Army. Although, I know those boots issued for OIF I, which BDE denied my request to permit my Soldiers to wear to break in prior to deployment, had half the company limping for a couple of weeks.
Infected blisters may mean DS need to conduct feet checks, like NCOs do on foot marches in the rest of the Army. Although, I know those boots issued for OIF I, which BDE denied my request to permit my Soldiers to wear to break in prior to deployment, had half the company limping for a couple of weeks.
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