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USMC Boot Brand Differences?
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k9ofstrikex asked:
I am preparing to begin officer training for the Marine Corps and have been told to obtain a pair of USMC approved boots prior to leaving for training. While looking for boots at quanticoboot.com, I noticed that there were 3 primary brands: Danner, Bates, and Belleville. I was simply wondering if there are any Marines (or experienced civilians) who could fill me in on the actual differences (primarily the functional and comfort differences) between these different manufacturers boots and perhaps provide a recommendation for which brand to go with. I understand that alot of this is subjective and will vary from person to person, but I am completely blind at this point and would appreciate any insight that I can recieve with this subject.
Thank you to everyone who has responded so far, particularly Lyn, your offer for help has to be the most generous I have seen yet on Y!Answers. One thing I would like to clarify though is that I am not going to Boot Camp, I am attending OCS. For OCS it is required that you begin PTing in boots before you arrive at training. It is also recomended to have broken in boots by the time training starts, hence the prompting for the question. Hope this makes a bit more sense to everyone out there, and thanks again for all your answers.
I am preparing to begin officer training for the Marine Corps and have been told to obtain a pair of USMC approved boots prior to leaving for training. While looking for boots at quanticoboot.com, I noticed that there were 3 primary brands: Danner, Bates, and Belleville. I was simply wondering if there are any Marines (or experienced civilians) who could fill me in on the actual differences (primarily the functional and comfort differences) between these different manufacturers boots and perhaps provide a recommendation for which brand to go with. I understand that alot of this is subjective and will vary from person to person, but I am completely blind at this point and would appreciate any insight that I can recieve with this subject.
Thank you to everyone who has responded so far, particularly Lyn, your offer for help has to be the most generous I have seen yet on Y!Answers. One thing I would like to clarify though is that I am not going to Boot Camp, I am attending OCS. For OCS it is required that you begin PTing in boots before you arrive at training. It is also recomended to have broken in boots by the time training starts, hence the prompting for the question. Hope this makes a bit more sense to everyone out there, and thanks again for all your answers.
4 Comments
April 10th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
best bet, find a recruiter and ask him/her. go to clothing sales on post/base .
hope that helps some
and best of luck
April 12th, 2010 at 8:26 am
they give them to you at boot camp once you get to that phaze.
they take everything from you when you arrive so dont bother
ADDITION: Sorry must have skipped over the OCS part thought you were talking about boot camp for us lowly enlisted people. I think you are right that it would be hard for someone to say which is better becuase it comes down to your personal preference and also your foot type someone with low arches or who pronates a certian way might like a different type of boot that person who like another
April 15th, 2010 at 11:54 am
Yea dude…you’ll be issued a boot and they’ll give you the second boot upon graduation. Na..I’m just kidding…you’ll get issued a couple of pairs, so I wouldn’t worry about buying them. Wait until after you’ve graduated the course and then, if you don’t like your issued boots, take a trip to the NEX and just try some on to see what you do like.
April 18th, 2010 at 12:26 am
hi there, A Marine Mom here that can possibly help….
e-mail this is my son who has been in since 2003 to Iraq twice and can give you information on the boots you’ll need.
PMM Lyn
Semper Fi