Boot BandsBoot bands are an essential part of every marine’s life while in the corps. Boot bands are one of those things you love to hate. The love hate relationship really revolves around weather you can find them or not. Boot bands are little green elastic bands that go around your boots that you blouse your trousers into. The reason for blousing boots is to protect you from the environment you may be fighting or training in. The blousing of boots in the military started with the Army Para troopers in WWII. They originally bloused their boots to help prevent their trousers from getting snagged on anything. If I had the choice when I was in Iraq I would not have utilized them.
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