Everyone gets these when marching it seems. People talk about marching to make your feet tough but how many people can walk barefoot for 3 miles on a rocky dirt road. Granted not carrying 70lb ruck is a huge difference but still. My feet are pretty tough but can still use more toughening.
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by Joseph PrettyDeepWater » July 10th, 2004, 6:15 am
The few times I've hiked with a ruck and combat boots the bottom of my feet were ok, it was my heals that really got hit hard.
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Re: blisters
by deleon275 » July 10th, 2004, 6:34 am
RedHawk wrote:Everyone gets these when marching it seems. People talk about marching to make your feet tough but how many people can walk barefoot for 3 miles on a rocky dirt road. Granted not carrying 70lb ruck is a huge difference but still. My feet are pretty tough but can still use more toughening.
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But still what? Have you carried a 70lb ruck for 20+ miles yet? Walking on a rocky dirt road doesn't compare to walking in jungle boots with that amount of weight on you. Your feet will get tough after they've bled a few times and you've lost a handful of toenails.
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by RedHawk » July 10th, 2004, 3:16 pm
My but still was meant to mean that my feet where tougher than the average civilian. I know its nothing compared to those long marches and what all you Rangers go through. I am sorry for not making myself clearer and didn not mean any disrespect.
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by Ranger2 » July 10th, 2004, 5:51 pm
I think it was in summer of 93 and we were going to England. I had been a Ranger for 1 1/2 years and had been through Ranger school and SERE. We were in Benning for something preping for deployment and we did a 18 mile Road march in 100 degree weather. My feet was destroyed. Basically the whole bottom of my feet were blistered and bleeding. The medicals just did what they could and the PSG said if I couldn't walk on them I wouldn't be going to England. I said fuck that and just drained the blisters and drove on. My one heel still hurts from time to time from that but I got to go on the best deployment ever to England.
The moral is that no matter how tough your feet are you can still get blisters. These blisters were below my toughed skin so basically the whole bottom of my feet came off. It sucked.
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The moral is that no matter how tough your feet are you can still get blisters. These blisters were below my toughed skin so basically the whole bottom of my feet came off. It sucked.
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by ChipOnShoulder » July 10th, 2004, 8:37 pm
Blisters never go away on some people. With me, I would get them underneith calouses!! When you tried to drain them they would turn into blood blisters. The only way to truly get rid of blisters is to roadmarch all the time. Do not resole your boots with high speed soles!!! jungle boots and desert boots don't last that long with hard use - Do you think that you will get replacements in the field with high speed comfort soles? Don't think so. Break your standard issue feet in with standard issue boots and both will be happy for the life of either you or your boots.
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