Originally Posted by
Doug5150
It's 5:00 AM and I've got nobody around who's been through the service to ask,
but...
-I've heard a number of variations on getting them wet from people who HAVE been through, and
-if you Google "breaking in combat boots", five of the first six results that actually tell a way to do it, involve variations of getting the boots wet and wearing them until dry.
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One of the "Old" ways to wear in boots was to "P" on them. Softened them up but the flies got a bit troublesome. In my Early days as a recruit- We wore Leather boots and we also did a lot of route marches that towards the end- Went through Marshes- Rivers- Streams. Then 10 miles back to barracks on the road and two things happened. First you got the boots to fit and secondly you got blisters. After 3 marches and blister on blister- The boots fitted and you never got another blister.
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