Saturday, December 08, 2007
The Holy Grail of groundpounders
The universal boot that goes anywhere your feet are ordered and still keeps them comfortable and dry.
The prototype consists of a fire-resistant, desert-style hot-weather boot, plus inserts and an over-boot soldiers can use in cold temperatures.If adopted, the Army expects that all Pentagon personnel and General Staff headquarters should be completely outfitted by the end of the first year of issue.
“The intent of it is to go that whole temperature range between minus 20 degrees and 130 degrees” Fahrenheit with one boot and reduce the number of boots in the service’s inventory, said Lt. Col. John Lemondes, product manager for Clothing and Individual Equipment.
Currently, soldiers are issued the desert-style Hot Weather Boot for temps higher than 70 degrees and the waterproof Temperate Weather Boot for use down to 32 degrees.
If adopted, the Modular Boot System would replace these and two other special-issue boots the Army stocks for colder weather — the Intermediate Cold/Wet Boot for wear down to zero degrees and the Cold Weather Boot for wear down to minus 20 degrees.
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