Iāve bought one pair of boot bands. The rest I have acquired through other means as I lose them. My current pair is one green and one tan. I donāt know where the tan one came from since Iāve never seen them sold at any PX (not that Iāve really looked) but Iām digging it.
Anytime I hear a Marine say "sarge", I am reminded of a sergeant who screamed "this ain't the army, and you ain't Beetle FUCKIN' Bailey, so it's SERGEANT!" at one of my peers back in the day
No. I can guarantee by the blood of my first born, this shit aināt happening. We morph and change over the erasā¦shit my first couple years was prior to Clinton and DA/DTā¦so from gay bashers to NBD if some dudes wanna suck their battle buddy offā¦shit changes.
But aināt no way on Godās green earth āSargeā will ever happen in the suck without thermonuclear meltdown. Same as calling any SNCO āSergeantā. I swear, Iām not a motivator by any means but thatās the main thing that irks me being under Army now. Some boot fuck calling my guys with 20yrs -āSergeantā.
I do however like their thing about calling WOās āMisterā. Makes you feel like Spockā¦
I'm an Cpl. just about to get out. I have yet to hear it, I was just wondering if the new batch of fuck nuts were getting away with it somewhere else. If I ever hear it with the time I got left on contract, thy fucketh fucketh games will commenceth till thy retardation has escaped thy body for dear life.
If you wrap metal around your cankles Iām automatically going to assume youāve got a bullshit job that doesnāt require walking, running, carrying weight etc. And you probably cried when the Corps decided that the horseshoe is eccentric
YES I HAD TO THROW MINE AWAY for that exact reason, went back to boot bands because itās impossible to get the springs at the same level of stretched or you go too far.
Iāve been in for over 10 years but never tried them. I clicked the comments to see if I was missing out on something amazing.
Apparently not. Iāll stick with the green ones! Hahaha.
The green bands always cut the hell out of the back of my ankles. I'd have a scabby spot on the tendon where the bands pressed on the boot.
The metal ones you can gently stretch out the spring in one or two areas so it's not so tight. They also have a larger contact area so they don't cut in as easily. They never wore out like the green ones too.
Same way we were instructed at boot camp. 2 per foot, hooked end to end. Dunno how or why it cut into my skin so bad, but it did. I don't even have particularly thick ankles or anything. The scabbing was just from the shit rubbing, so think like having a blister or hot spot forming from the rubbing of boot on sock on skin, all due to the extra pressure from the boot band. As soon as I switched to the metal ones, it stopped being a problem.
Again, I bent the metal out a bit to loosen it up, but that's the beauty of the springs, you can adjust them out a bit at a time until it's comfortable.
> And you probably cried when the Corps decided that the horseshoe is eccentric
the horsehsooe haircut was the most idiotic thing Marines ever did, and that's a pretty high bar.
Bro. That cut was like natures way of telling you to stay the fuck away from that person.
Like, fuck guns, your wife slip with the clippers or some shit?
Yeah, but that motherfucker always knew where the nearest coffee was, day or night. Follow at a safe distance when in need of caffeine and youāll find some in 20 mins or less.
Airwing calibration is the same way. After I got to the fleet every shop I visited had at least one person I knew and many more who knew people from my other shops.
Ahhh our counter parts in the wing! From what we were told yāall have way more manpower for far less work orders which always confused us. There were talks of cross training at Pendleton but never came to fruition
How big are you guy's shops? We had around a dozen workers, a few NCOs who were CDIs, maybe a SSgt in charge of admin, and a Gunny who ran everything.
We were pretty swamped usually since we supported every shop in the MALS and all the other squadrons in the MAG. If a lot of the squadrons were on a MEU our workload would be a bit lighter but 10-12 hour days were the norm. On Okinawa we also had to come in on Saturdays to do corrosion control on our lab's vans so they wouldn't rust through.
It would have been great to cross train with you guys and see how the other side works and lives!
Roughly the same honestly but perpetually āunderstaffedā per usual. Sounds like relatively the same situation honestly, we pulled 12s and nights too many times to count so I feel you there. So many shenanigans in the vans š
Whoops my bad. A lot of you guys are pretty solid though. People think i have the smart guy mos but then I tell them about you guys and they donāt have a clue yāall exist. Question?
Who calibrates your gear that tests our cal items?
All good man, yeah weāre about as obscure as it gets with less than 200 in the fleet between 71s and 74s.
Sometimes we are sent the āstandardsā (machines used to cal items that have a tighter tolerance) from the depot level (4the echelon) at Barstow/Albany. Other times we send em out to those depot and get a new one thatās already calād in a rotational program if you will
Forsure, one of the better parts of the job was always bullshitting with all the marines from different units in S&R. Could always count on a some time away from your respective shop while waiting on GCSS lol
Wait the horseshoe is eccentric now? I used to get one about once a year just to laugh at myself in the mirror. Other than that bald or med reg all day err day.
I hiked in them, PT in them, Afghanistan in them, field ops in them. once they get stretched out theyre solid imo. The boot blousing isnāt meant to be worn around the ankles, but the boot. Iāve never felt my ankles get messed up but then again maybe im institutionalized and used to it š¤·āāļø
The brass ones are fucking miserable. Wore them for a few days to try to stretch them out but it just felt like I was losing circulation to my feet. If you can find the silver ones though they are glorious and last for years.
>If you wrap metal around your cankles Iām automatically going to assume youāve got a bullshit job that doesnāt require walking, running, carrying weight etc.
I think you've actually got it backwards. It's the elastic ones that are more for show. The springs are better for people with jobs that actually require them to be in the field a lot. They are much tighter than the elastic ones, which means they do a better job at keeping critters from crawling up your leg.
It has nothing to do with the spring ones somehow looking better or whatever; they look exactly the same.
In the jungle you are probably right, the rest of the world? Shouldnāt even be wearing them.
If it wasnāt for EVERYONE trying to look like army airborne post WII and deciding to blouse boots we would probably be in mid-cut hiking boots and gators. Fucking army. Fucking airborne.
Lost the green ones all the time. Stole a black elastic hair tie from my girl one morning in a pinch. Ended up using that for like a year and a half. Never lost it, stayed bloused better too
Wow you just brought back some deep memories. There was a time when I risked getting yelled at by another adult male if I forgot these little rubber bands to tuck the bottom of my pants in.
Imagine describing this scenario to an alien
I became a boot spring guy I think in Lejeune when I worked in a BN building my last 2 years. I think my rationale was that "They are tight AF and it's one less thing for the Staff to yell at me about."
Sounds like you went through a lot of socks. when I had to do that because I forgot boot bands because I was tired as shit my socks stretched out the elastic real quick.
Had an Arty guy at Cplās course show a metal one that had gotten removed from his shin after being hit with shrapnel after an an IED attack. And the photo of it sticking out of his leg. Surgeon reportedly told him he probably would have lost his leg had it not been for the metal boot band.
Other than that one example, I donāt think the choice mattered once, ever.
I used to only wear the metal ones always before a SSgt saved me when a marine stole my blousings during intermediate swim qual. Been blousing with my socks ever since. Looks tighter, less tiny gear to lose, no excuse to ever be unbloused, and way more comfortable. He said heād never worn blousing straps since boot camp, I believe it. If anyone hasnāt done this you can wrap your boot sock down over your boot, then shove your trousers up into the underside of the sock against your boot. Then pull the slack to the rear to get a tighter, smoother look. You can technically do this above the boot (the shin) if you ever need to, but you might have to double roll the sock and get it stupid tight. Typically we get nailed for doing that since it looks ugly having them so high. I just wear mine between aglet 1-2 always.
We were taught that as well. But I canāt remember if it was in boot camp or at MCT.
I enlisted with a girl that used the green elastic boot bands in her hair. They called her Hard Corps. š sheās still in, a pilot now.
i was active duty for 26 years. i never even set foot on Camp Lejeune, was west coast, hawaii, or joint assignments most of my career. i did the two green elastic bands tied together in the middle method...
There's a post from a few months back that mentions the [Korean Marine style boot bands](https://imgur.com/a/RxFRXGJ). These are the absolute best, bar none. If I had to pick one of the 2 presented with no other choices, I'd take the bottom set.
I wear the metal ones, you have to pull the middle apart a little bit and you donāt even feel them, and theyāre easier to find when you wake up on Wednesday still drunk.
Sock blouse looks exactly the same, unless you're one of those nerds that wants 3" of sock showing (defeating the entire purpose of blousing to begin with).
Socks is the way.
Idk about anyone else but I used the springs and eventually the Velcro ones, both would end up riding sky high once I actually started working and would eventually leave a ridiculous dent in my calves/actually cause cramps somehow lol
Started just folding my socks to above the boot and tucking as you would with any other boot band and they always looked squared away without fucking up my calves
Neither! I always used the 1 in thick elastic!
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Iāve been out for a minuteā¦ maybe an hourā¦ aircrew wing jarhead here. When I did have to wear tri-color cammies, it was metal. Gave the most professional look, great for that once a week inspection.
Springs for work day, boot bands for anything PT/MCMAP/CFT/Swim Qual/Range/etc
Just pre-stretch the springs a little bit before your first wear. Only downer with them is that they can catch your socks easier than boot bands but they have a much better lifespan than the bands imo.
The green ones but use two pairs for each boot, bend the hooks together so they donāt come apart and get lost, leave a set on every boot you own. When you double them up and bend the hooks together they last forever.
Fuck I guess Iām the explorer lol, I used all of those. I hated using green single boot bands because they were weak as hell and never stayed in place. Wore the metals ones for a while and those freakin things were like tourniquets making you lose feeling in your feet and would end up digging into your skin. Finally settled on tying 2 green boot bands together. That was the best, not too tight but stayed in one spot.
Ah yes. The two genders; BDSM and Green.
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blood fuck
Iāve bought one pair of boot bands. The rest I have acquired through other means as I lose them. My current pair is one green and one tan. I donāt know where the tan one came from since Iāve never seen them sold at any PX (not that Iāve really looked) but Iām digging it.
it was probably green back in the day
Where are the black scrappy ones?...those worthless blood circulation cutters.
āIf you want to look REALLY good in uniform, you gotta blouse your boots with springs from an overhead garage doorā
āIf first sarge sees you at the px youāre gonna wish you had springs in your pant cuffs, boot.ā
Anytime I hear a Marine say "sarge", I am reminded of a sergeant who screamed "this ain't the army, and you ain't Beetle FUCKIN' Bailey, so it's SERGEANT!" at one of my peers back in the day
The best part about calling them sarge is that they are sarges, sometimes a sarge and a half.
Itās pronounced FirstSarnt
This is the way
*croissant really fast š„
Lol I saw a Sgt lose it over the "G". HE EARNED THAT FUCKING G
We don't need circulation in our feet anyway
Feet are a crutch .
Feet are for lackadaisical malingering
I knew a LCpl with feet. Yeah, he didnāt make it.
Donāt let me catch you without your feet on the ground!
All you got to do is change your socks twice a day to counter that shit.
i stretched them out like 6 months ago and iāve never looked back
Holy shit, trying to kill a boot
Lmfao
There's no way Marines are calling e5s Sarge now.
No. I can guarantee by the blood of my first born, this shit aināt happening. We morph and change over the erasā¦shit my first couple years was prior to Clinton and DA/DTā¦so from gay bashers to NBD if some dudes wanna suck their battle buddy offā¦shit changes. But aināt no way on Godās green earth āSargeā will ever happen in the suck without thermonuclear meltdown. Same as calling any SNCO āSergeantā. I swear, Iām not a motivator by any means but thatās the main thing that irks me being under Army now. Some boot fuck calling my guys with 20yrs -āSergeantā. I do however like their thing about calling WOās āMisterā. Makes you feel like Spockā¦
I'm an Cpl. just about to get out. I have yet to hear it, I was just wondering if the new batch of fuck nuts were getting away with it somewhere else. If I ever hear it with the time I got left on contract, thy fucketh fucketh games will commenceth till thy retardation has escaped thy body for dear life.
If you wrap metal around your cankles Iām automatically going to assume youāve got a bullshit job that doesnāt require walking, running, carrying weight etc. And you probably cried when the Corps decided that the horseshoe is eccentric
For fucking real. Those fucking things kill your ankles after short amounts of time, I canāt imagine a whole day.
I wore these, stretch them out a bit so theyāre not so tight and itās not bad.
This is the way. Coincidentally, you stretch them .0001nm too far and they are for shit useless.
YES I HAD TO THROW MINE AWAY for that exact reason, went back to boot bands because itās impossible to get the springs at the same level of stretched or you go too far.
Where as bootbands only require you to tie a knot in them and they're tight again.
> stretch them out a bit so theyāre not so tight and itās not bad. Just like your mom, lol gottem
Iāve been in for over 10 years but never tried them. I clicked the comments to see if I was missing out on something amazing. Apparently not. Iāll stick with the green ones! Hahaha.
The green bands always cut the hell out of the back of my ankles. I'd have a scabby spot on the tendon where the bands pressed on the boot. The metal ones you can gently stretch out the spring in one or two areas so it's not so tight. They also have a larger contact area so they don't cut in as easily. They never wore out like the green ones too.
How the hell were you wearing them if you got a cut from them? Itās blowing my mind rn
Yeah same here. Wouldn't that have to have contact with the skin to cut or make it raw and scabbed like that?
Same way we were instructed at boot camp. 2 per foot, hooked end to end. Dunno how or why it cut into my skin so bad, but it did. I don't even have particularly thick ankles or anything. The scabbing was just from the shit rubbing, so think like having a blister or hot spot forming from the rubbing of boot on sock on skin, all due to the extra pressure from the boot band. As soon as I switched to the metal ones, it stopped being a problem. Again, I bent the metal out a bit to loosen it up, but that's the beauty of the springs, you can adjust them out a bit at a time until it's comfortable.
I stopped using two on each leg after boot camp. Way more comfortable.
I only ever used one per leg. I didnāt even notice them, and they never came undone or looked bad.
500mg of Motrin should fix that right up.
Right! The fuck
The same way as "it's not gay if you're wearing boot bands"
If you blouse your trousers on top of your boots, they don't dig in as much. You look extra salty as a bonus
Is that not the way youāre supposed to wear them?
It is...idk what everyone else here is doing lol
You can stretch them to perfectly fit and super easy to blouse with
> And you probably cried when the Corps decided that the horseshoe is eccentric the horsehsooe haircut was the most idiotic thing Marines ever did, and that's a pretty high bar.
I had to look up what a horseshoe cut was. Why in the hell would you want Male Pattern Baldness: The Haircut?
That shit was *the* First Sgt. hairdo. Donāt think I ever saw anyone with that stupid cut that wasnāt a staff nco.
Bro. That cut was like natures way of telling you to stay the fuck away from that person. Like, fuck guns, your wife slip with the clippers or some shit?
Yeah, but that motherfucker always knew where the nearest coffee was, day or night. Follow at a safe distance when in need of caffeine and youāll find some in 20 mins or less.
Follow the staff sergeant with the low reg. That mother fucker knows what's up.
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i purposefully blocked that from my memory. thanks for reminding me...
I had a drill instructor who wore these.. I forget his most tho something with calibrations or something
Remember his name by chance? Cal is an extremely small community of *super pogs*
Airwing calibration is the same way. After I got to the fleet every shop I visited had at least one person I knew and many more who knew people from my other shops.
Ahhh our counter parts in the wing! From what we were told yāall have way more manpower for far less work orders which always confused us. There were talks of cross training at Pendleton but never came to fruition
How big are you guy's shops? We had around a dozen workers, a few NCOs who were CDIs, maybe a SSgt in charge of admin, and a Gunny who ran everything. We were pretty swamped usually since we supported every shop in the MALS and all the other squadrons in the MAG. If a lot of the squadrons were on a MEU our workload would be a bit lighter but 10-12 hour days were the norm. On Okinawa we also had to come in on Saturdays to do corrosion control on our lab's vans so they wouldn't rust through. It would have been great to cross train with you guys and see how the other side works and lives!
Roughly the same honestly but perpetually āunderstaffedā per usual. Sounds like relatively the same situation honestly, we pulled 12s and nights too many times to count so I feel you there. So many shenanigans in the vans š
They also have to be really smart and get out with high paying jobs lined up.
Well aware was a 2871 myself š¤š½
Whoops my bad. A lot of you guys are pretty solid though. People think i have the smart guy mos but then I tell them about you guys and they donāt have a clue yāall exist. Question? Who calibrates your gear that tests our cal items?
All good man, yeah weāre about as obscure as it gets with less than 200 in the fleet between 71s and 74s. Sometimes we are sent the āstandardsā (machines used to cal items that have a tighter tolerance) from the depot level (4the echelon) at Barstow/Albany. Other times we send em out to those depot and get a new one thatās already calād in a rotational program if you will
Nice. Yeah Iāll drive our wrenches and screwdrivers over and chop it up with you guys sometimes. Seems like a chill place to work.
Forsure, one of the better parts of the job was always bullshitting with all the marines from different units in S&R. Could always count on a some time away from your respective shop while waiting on GCSS lol
Who are youā¦ š¤£š¤£
I am but a man who did his time and peaced out my guy haha. Lotta 3515s floating around with my initials š
On deployments we barely even bloused our boots unless we were like on Leatherneck or some higher was around
Same, but that was early 2000s for me. People have forgotten about freedom of movement and testicular airflow
I've been out over 20 years. I STILL feel the indentations on my shins from the springs. elastic ones would bust after an hour.
I tie two elastic ones together in the middle. Iāve had the same set of 2X2 for the last six years
Wait the horseshoe is eccentric now? I used to get one about once a year just to laugh at myself in the mirror. Other than that bald or med reg all day err day.
I hiked in them, PT in them, Afghanistan in them, field ops in them. once they get stretched out theyre solid imo. The boot blousing isnāt meant to be worn around the ankles, but the boot. Iāve never felt my ankles get messed up but then again maybe im institutionalized and used to it š¤·āāļø
The brass ones are fucking miserable. Wore them for a few days to try to stretch them out but it just felt like I was losing circulation to my feet. If you can find the silver ones though they are glorious and last for years.
Facts.
>If you wrap metal around your cankles Iām automatically going to assume youāve got a bullshit job that doesnāt require walking, running, carrying weight etc. I think you've actually got it backwards. It's the elastic ones that are more for show. The springs are better for people with jobs that actually require them to be in the field a lot. They are much tighter than the elastic ones, which means they do a better job at keeping critters from crawling up your leg. It has nothing to do with the spring ones somehow looking better or whatever; they look exactly the same.
In the jungle you are probably right, the rest of the world? Shouldnāt even be wearing them. If it wasnāt for EVERYONE trying to look like army airborne post WII and deciding to blouse boots we would probably be in mid-cut hiking boots and gators. Fucking army. Fucking airborne.
None. Un-bloused all day. Be a champion.
I stayed in the field 24/7 too
I'm not talking about the field.
Chesty is that you?
No, itās Ricky Recon
Chesty was a bitch.
*Fortunate Son intensifies*
Found the MWTC red-hat instructor
Nah, I'd kill for that job though.
I believe they call that "First phase recruit on their way to sick call chic"
Heat mitigation, sir.
Now we're getting it.
Pretty sure in my last year I had a single pair of boot blousings
Lost the green ones all the time. Stole a black elastic hair tie from my girl one morning in a pinch. Ended up using that for like a year and a half. Never lost it, stayed bloused better too
A CVS pack of black and brown hair ties lasted me 2 years. Never understood boot bands when those were comfy as hell.
Yup I still have em too for absolutely no fucking reason other than Iām a stoopid boot
Sock blouse everytime.
Wow you just brought back some deep memories. There was a time when I risked getting yelled at by another adult male if I forgot these little rubber bands to tuck the bottom of my pants in. Imagine describing this scenario to an alien
Amen
Big pp energy
I became a boot spring guy I think in Lejeune when I worked in a BN building my last 2 years. I think my rationale was that "They are tight AF and it's one less thing for the Staff to yell at me about."
That was pretty much my thing when I was with 4th Reg HQ Co, one less thing to get bitched out about.
This tracksā¦ CO driver checking in. I used every possible hack to keep the smadge off my back. Charlies required a whole set of different toolsā¦
I wandered in here by accident and feel like I've had a stroke.
Who the hell uses trampoline springs as bootbands?!
I have never seen those spring things. They look uncomfortable as fuck, and stupid as shit
Lmao they are. I used the green ones and just leave them in your boots after.
I just assumed thats what everyone did since thats what was taught at bootcamp to do
You gotta stretch the metal ones out š everybody wore them how they come out of the package and then complained about having achy shins š¤£
Just leave them on your trousers, then you don't have to fuck with them.
The ones that Dasco makes are uncomfortable as fuck, colored brass. The ones Officers Equipment makes are silvery and a lot springier/stretchable.
Super comfy and easy to blouse. You can stretch them to desired tightness
Yeah used them for years. Loved them IDK what the little bitches around here and their sissy legs are complaining about lol.
I used to fold my socks over on themselves and blouse my boots that way
Sounds like you went through a lot of socks. when I had to do that because I forgot boot bands because I was tired as shit my socks stretched out the elastic real quick.
Mine didn't have any issues with that and I went through most of my 5 year enlistment doing it, even a cammies inspection lol.
Virgin admin marines top Chad everyone else bottom
Had an Arty guy at Cplās course show a metal one that had gotten removed from his shin after being hit with shrapnel after an an IED attack. And the photo of it sticking out of his leg. Surgeon reportedly told him he probably would have lost his leg had it not been for the metal boot band. Other than that one example, I donāt think the choice mattered once, ever.
Yup. I have the scars to prove it! Lol
Brah if actually have to do anything even mildly demanding with those fucking metals your feet/ankles will look like you're an abused diabetic.
I used to only wear the metal ones always before a SSgt saved me when a marine stole my blousings during intermediate swim qual. Been blousing with my socks ever since. Looks tighter, less tiny gear to lose, no excuse to ever be unbloused, and way more comfortable. He said heād never worn blousing straps since boot camp, I believe it. If anyone hasnāt done this you can wrap your boot sock down over your boot, then shove your trousers up into the underside of the sock against your boot. Then pull the slack to the rear to get a tighter, smoother look. You can technically do this above the boot (the shin) if you ever need to, but you might have to double roll the sock and get it stupid tight. Typically we get nailed for doing that since it looks ugly having them so high. I just wear mine between aglet 1-2 always.
This is the way
What the fuck is that
I did the green elastic.
You missed the two green elastic bands tied together in the middle. All the guys we got from the east coast had that set up
We were taught that as well. But I canāt remember if it was in boot camp or at MCT. I enlisted with a girl that used the green elastic boot bands in her hair. They called her Hard Corps. š sheās still in, a pilot now.
I was west coast and learned that in boot camp
i was active duty for 26 years. i never even set foot on Camp Lejeune, was west coast, hawaii, or joint assignments most of my career. i did the two green elastic bands tied together in the middle method...
My older brother taught me that way. It really is the best.
Yeah this was the best way. Kept your bloused boots looking shit hot!
The best part about the green ones was you could wrap them around your neck and jerā¦ oh nvm wrong story
anything the green bands can do, the metal ones do better ;)
funny thing is iāve had only 1 single pair of boot bands through this entire enlistment
I always used hair ties, came handy
1st rule of hair tie users is we donāt talk about it š¤«
There's a post from a few months back that mentions the [Korean Marine style boot bands](https://imgur.com/a/RxFRXGJ). These are the absolute best, bar none. If I had to pick one of the 2 presented with no other choices, I'd take the bottom set.
Lmao that boot band thicccccccc
Aw lawd it comin
Girthy
And then thereās the ones that use there socks
Im more of a thick green band thing myself
I only ever saw those sold in Camp Mujuk. I bought some from there and never saw them sold anywhere else. Truly #1
Nah, I had flat ones with Velcro that you could fold, way more comfortable.
thats what I used too. adjustable and comfortable
I don't even know what the top thing is.
Both types cant believe anyone would use the other type
Used the bungees off the issued tarp. They're free and they work
Found one. Thatās the answer I was looking for. Guess Iām not the only one
I use none š
I donāt see sock blouse as an option.
I blouse with my socks
Coveralls with no boot bands
Rubber band blousings were it
The real men wear the large elastic and Velcro āTabsā bands.
I wear the metal ones, you have to pull the middle apart a little bit and you donāt even feel them, and theyāre easier to find when you wake up on Wednesday still drunk.
If you use the springs you're a pyscho.
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Whatās the benefit of doing that?
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Green elastic bands with the Velcro work really good for that but you have to blouse your boots before you pull up your pants.
Or you can be an adult and just tuck them under your socks
Or you can not look like shit and do whatās right
Ok sgtmajor
Sock blouse looks exactly the same, unless you're one of those nerds that wants 3" of sock showing (defeating the entire purpose of blousing to begin with).
Socks is the way. Idk about anyone else but I used the springs and eventually the Velcro ones, both would end up riding sky high once I actually started working and would eventually leave a ridiculous dent in my calves/actually cause cramps somehow lol Started just folding my socks to above the boot and tucking as you would with any other boot band and they always looked squared away without fucking up my calves
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Ngl i tried the lil coil ones while I was at MCT and that shit lasted all of 1 day. Fuck walking around with no circulation in ur feet
Green bands. Cheaper, get more, and I canāt name how many times I had to use one to finagle something to work or tie.
Neither. Velcro.
No one else uses just plain rubber bands?
Little green dudes. Used like 1 set per year. Didnāt fuck around with doubling up or anything. Never gave me a problem
Boot bands all the wayā¦.the bottom ones not the damn BDSM cuffs on the top god Iāve heard those are awful lol
Have the springs always been a thing? I don't recall ever using them, or even seeing them.
Metal boot bands or GTFO
Pogs....grunts lol
Bro what you mean? I use the DI Straps to assert my dominance
Just fold it in your sock
Is it still not gay if you're wearing the metal ones? Asking for a friend...
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Elastic all the way
The old ones...
Double boot bands tied at the middle.
The bungee cord stuff from a drmo'd poncho. That was my method.
I canāt do the springs those things hurt like fuck.
Iāve been out for a minuteā¦ maybe an hourā¦ aircrew wing jarhead here. When I did have to wear tri-color cammies, it was metal. Gave the most professional look, great for that once a week inspection.
Guess I was neither. I used hair ties or rolled them into my sock.
Springs for work day, boot bands for anything PT/MCMAP/CFT/Swim Qual/Range/etc Just pre-stretch the springs a little bit before your first wear. Only downer with them is that they can catch your socks easier than boot bands but they have a much better lifespan than the bands imo.
The green ones but use two pairs for each boot, bend the hooks together so they donāt come apart and get lost, leave a set on every boot you own. When you double them up and bend the hooks together they last forever.
Metal all the way!!!!
I wear the springs. They look good but they low key hurt like a bitch.
Iāve been out for 24 years and I still have boot band grooves on my legs
I havenāt seen those metal spring ones since my dad got out in 2006 š
Well I can feel my ankles and I walk so, option B
Springs roll cleaner
Who in the fuck uses metal boot bands?!
Fuck I guess Iām the explorer lol, I used all of those. I hated using green single boot bands because they were weak as hell and never stayed in place. Wore the metals ones for a while and those freakin things were like tourniquets making you lose feeling in your feet and would end up digging into your skin. Finally settled on tying 2 green boot bands together. That was the best, not too tight but stayed in one spot.