Mistress WickedLittleWoodElf wrote:
holy christ the price tag alone pisses me off. i paid 80 bucks for a pair of custom made jungles...most comfortable boot i have ever worn. you got these folks like me that have 2 drawers full of t-shirts & at least 8-10 sets of bdu's...wtf? at least they did not go with the star trek look (poll on squad-leader.com) those were silly. $88 for a set of the new ones, $103 for the boots, about $5 for the t-shirts. gads, i really do hope they boost the clothing allowance. we are gonna need it.
also keep in mind every year you are given a set or 2 of BDUs and 1 set of boots, well depending on your MOS.
when i was working the flightline as a C-shopper on the F-16 we got 2 sets of BDUs and 1 pair of steal toed boots every year for free. just go see the quarter master and pick em up along with flight gloves and work gloves 1 pair ea, and 1 set of rain gear. that was pre gortex gear days though.
odds are also high that once the Army does this they will issue the first set and not charge the grunts a fee for it. heck they may even issue 2 or 3 sets of BDUs with t-shirts and 1 pair of boots.
as for the boots you just got, i always paid for my own custom boots as i hated the standard issue boots. just to darn uncomfortable and made my feet sweat like 10x as much. that and they were not water proof. my custom boots were gotex/thinsulate combined. even with the extra insulation i still did not sweat near as much as with just the base leather boots.