Shoes to shine ??

[buddyy777]

What actual leather shoes will have to be shined and displayed for insp.,? How about or running shoes being displayed, I noticed some other posts a while back that said to buy a new pair of running shoes for display, and our reg ones for actual running, then where do we keep the older pair? How much ironing will we be doing ? thx :icon_smil

 

[Thisguy]

Both. Depending on what uniform you're being inspected in, you'll either be wearing your white shoes and your black ones on display or vice versa.

Keep an extra pair of running shoes to make your life easy. During inspection, your old shoes can go in your seabag that gets put in the hallway closet.

Iron, iron, and iron some more, unless you want to get hit for a crummy press job.

 

[ben]

Also, you should know that they will likely REQUIRE you to purchase a pair of running shoes when you get there. I really liked the pair they fitted for me so I bought an extra pair when OCS was over. If you don't like the "issued" pair, you can use them for inspections.

 

[Jr KLR]

When do you get the issued pair? Is it worth it to bring two pairs for the first week or two until you get the issued pair?

 

[heynowlookout]

My take on sneakers. Bring one pair. You'll use them exclusively the first few days. Before the end of week one you'll get issued another pair. You can either put them away for inspection or wear them as well. I personally wore one pair for PT in the morning and the other pair for walking around during the day. This was mainly because your feet will be soaked after PT and I didn't like walking around with wet feet all day.

Come inspection time you can either pull out your nice fresh unworn issue pair if you have them, spend some time cleaning up your cleaner pair of worn shoes, or option three get a Candi-O to buy you a $15 pair of Walmart crap that you keep virgin.