How many of you used to shine or still shine your boots?

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!

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.

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.