Posted on Aug 22, 2016
How many of you used to shine or still shine your boots?
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How many of the Rally Point members used to shine their boots? How many of you still do? Please post your pictures below along with any stories you may have!
The single pair of boots on the wooden desk were an FCC's boots. I shined them when he went home after jokingly saying, "Martin, I expect my boots to look like yours by tomorrow!" He showed them off like a Christmas present on Monday!
P.S The above pictures are mine.
The single pair of boots on the wooden desk were an FCC's boots. I shined them when he went home after jokingly saying, "Martin, I expect my boots to look like yours by tomorrow!" He showed them off like a Christmas present on Monday!
P.S The above pictures are mine.
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LTJG (Join to see) Absolutley. Spit shine them right up until the time I moved over to Desert Boots! Was darn good at it too!
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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.
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LTJG (Join to see)
The first time I shined my boots was a disaster. My Chief said, "just keep putting more on until it gets shiny". I ended up having a 1/4inch layer of wax on my boot - not understanding you had to buff it out -_-
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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.
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LTJG (Join to see), when I finished jump school at Fort Benning, GA in 1970, I purchased a pair of Corcoran jump boots, and always had a pair until I retired in 1998. I still have the last pair I purchased. I'm shown here at Fort Benning on 10APR70 with my brand new Corcorans, just prior to shipping out to Fort Bragg, NC.
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1SG Patrick McKelvey
Same Sir, It was must first purchase at Ft Hood in 1989.....and I STILL have those. I still shine my Danners as well even though I am retired. The Cocorans and Danners both make excellent boots for my motorcycles....plus it just flat out looks good!
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
My time as a civilian Police Officer my shoes or Corcoran boots which I wore more often were all spit shined. They looked just as good as when I was in the Military. Being too ld for that now but having and still working contract Security I still wear the boots and keep then spit shined. I also still have military creases in My Security uniform shirts. The end result is looking more professional and neat. Even My civilian shoes are shined at least with polish, brush and buffing . If I'm not working or in a suit though I tend to wear sneakers.
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I did at shore commands. Even then I had a special pair for honor guard. Then I went to a ship and started catching the toes on knee-knockers and the underside of the ladders and every other possible boot-gouging surface. So, shining them didn't last long. Just a buffed glob of polish every now and then to fill in the holes.
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Seems like no matter how careful I am with a new pair of boots within a day or two I catch a toe on the edge of a knee knocker creating a big gash. Its all downhill from there...
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We were the suede type boots now- but my motorcycle boots are normally very shiny. Old habits...
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I shined them every day of my time in. We had the black leather boots (sometimes with the green jungle sidings). I remember being at Parris Island every night with the command "port side shower up, starboard side shine'em up". There we would sit shining boots and brass. That is a thing of the past now. Tanned boots and anodized brass. I don' think there is anything on the uniform that needs to be shined today, perhaps wiped off. My son left Parris Island in 2010 with no Kiwi Polish or Brasso in his sea bag. I got a chuckle out of that.
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YES! Best looking boots in Wildflecken. More recently, I got a pair of Corcorans to wear with my "Veterans Costume" at the local Veterans' Day Parade. They take a real nice "sponge shine" but wouldn't have cut it in my Army days.
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