Choppus

The Army lets us wear civilian boots as long as it the rough suede on the outside of the boot and the color is tan. There are a few stipulations to that. No zippers, and no sneaker boots. Other than that it's game on. Thats from the new AR 670-1 Memorandum. So that means in the states or in the sandbox.

I have a pair of the Oakley boots and I don't really care for them. They don't go high enough on my legs. I like the Danner's because they have a 10" height from your heal.

2vpblaze

In our battalion we can wear pretty much anything black just as long as we keep it blackend and clean. I usually rotate every week between the Oakley Assualt Boot or the Blackhawk Black Ops boot. Both super comfy and have had them both for almost a year and lasting me fine.

joearod524

X2, but I liked the black ones more.

TN-MEDIC-14

On the ambulance I wear Danner arcadias (i think thts the name). When I jump I wear the old school full leather boots they issue you in basic , we always refered to them as '' L.e.g. Boots'' not sure what the offical name is. When I'm in the field or not jumping that day I always wore veitnam style ''jungle boots'' I LOVED THEM , once again not sure the offical name of them

mechinf

oakley

Sarbatche

The 8" tall black Bates are holding out real well. They polish nicely too. I had the short topped Bates from Basic for well over a year, but the watertight knee knocker that leads into my space ran the steel toe right into my foot after awhile.

Those synthetic tall boots with the side zipper... Bah! Lasted maybe 6-7 months before crapping out on me. The glue and stitching was half-assed compared to the standard tall Bates'.

ssbartley1

I wore one pair of Bates for my last 15 month tour in Iraq-

Originally my other pair was lost in transit...and after a month of IED free missions...they were my good luck charm.

I think its BS that Danners arent good enough for non-FOBBIT missions, what a joke.