Army guy here. IMO this way of blousing boots looks way more clean than how many of my fellow soldiers do it. Usually way too high, like a couple inches above the boots or too low so they really arent bloused at all. Thank you for uploading this!
In the Corps, we wrapped the laces all the way around our ankle then tied them in front with the bow and double knot. Then we bloused the trousers (Marines don't wear 'pants') with the boot band. Good video.
That's probably how they did it in the 80s/90s (guessing from the age of your icon-photo). And gotta remember, this is probably for non-marines (read; civillians) so pants, is the more common vernacular. I'll admit it does look spiffy, but I'm guessing you just tucked 'em in, when on an op?
@hellacoorinna9995 always used bootbands in ops..tucking them would cause dirt to slip into the boots and the cuffs to get all gnarly/sweaty. If you rolled the cuffs and put bootband under inside then they were easy and stayed on. Saw a few Marines tuck them if they lost bootbands, tho
Simple... 1. tuck ONLY the hem of the trouser under the blousing band 2. Place band at 3rd boot eyelet from the top. 3 grow out your hair a bit and run wizard sleeves
Whats the manufacturer of those boots? Looks like Altama which does a lot of USGI stuff issued at boot camp. I don’t like the hot weathers.. too thin of an ankle and tongue and so they slip around way too much. but I know the Marines also commonly wear the Danner Rats which is a great boot. Personally I love side zips, which is now acceptable by USAF but not sure of other branches. But man, once you go side zip you’ll never go back. My favorite.. Danner Tanicus side-zip.
Thanks for the easy explanation. When you mentioned using two bands would you go end-to-end and double wrap, or use the two bands wrapped independently?
So basically these boots are the new jungle boot? Bc I’ve seen a lot of marines going to the jungle and train with this boots so that’s my question the typical jungle boot are just a memory now bc they were replaced for this kind of boots correct? And if that’s a yes which ones are better the typical jungle boots the classic ones or this new type of boot?
I was blousing my boots like that the first day they let us blouse them and I got IT for not having it on the sock🤣 I spent the entirety of bootcamp confused as to why they put it on the sock
Random question, I bought woodland marpat from a surplus store, partially to exercise my 2a and firearm train in full gear cause I can, but mainly for airsoft so I get real use out of them, but the uniform has EGA stitched in it, no rank, name, u.s. marine or unit patches, not at all trying to come off as military, just camouflaged, but my question is: is it disrespectful to wear the uniform? I didn’t realize it was there and I did not earn to wear that emblem so I kinda feel disrespectful for wearing it.
@@mando482 thanks for the Feed back, I’ve been hoping someone in the marines would set that straight for me, thank you sir, and thank you for your service.
It's hard to take a Pro Tip about tying boots from someone who ties a Granny Knot. A properly tied knot is Balanced with the tails and loops left and right, not up and down. Right over left, left over right, Makes a knot both tidy and tight. There's no reason to bury the tail a Tying a knot at the aglet is convenient when opening your boots and keeping them from unlacing. But cinching those tip knots into the shoe knot means you have to dig out those two knots to untie the boot rather than pulling the tail. Tucking in the extra four feet of laces seems unnecessary and uncomfortable. Maybe that's necessary to open the boot to the extreme for airing it out. I would always trim the excess on my boots.
You can also buy a self locking shoelaces mechanism for a few bucks, i'm not a marines but in France some of our shoes have this thing from factory, and even when they don't you can put the little piece on, it works great
Would this look good with any type of boots? because i do airsoft and i don’t like the sloppy way of butting the pants over the boots but i use hiking boots for the comfyness and so i can run in them
Super late response here but it should look fine i think but i will warn they tend to ride up a bit when running or going up steps but thats just my experience. Dont know if ya still need this but 🤷
@@catalystyt6687 no worries lol i have been started to tuck my pants into my boots but i think i need one of those bands because like you said they do start to untuck themselfs while running
I wish you were wearing the Altama desert boots with the panama soles. What I wouldn't give for a 👀 of you lacing them up from below the tread I know I am 😜I hope there are some who respond with positive comments.
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No it's just personal preference. If anything two boot bands would be better for skinny people since there is more tension keeping them secured around your leg.
@@smesaric not to hook together, but I'm presuming you mean one and then one below it. I'm finding out the hard way it's not the easiest to do this with denim. LOL
@@ajcoluzzi9374 No, when Marines use two boot bands they tie them together with a knot, but the length is the same as one band it's just double the elastic tension essentially
if this dude or anyone else find an a.i. able to create hip hop of his speech this vid would get more likes. he,s rapping at the end of the lecture.. haha
I'm not even a Marine and that "Recon status" joke made me laugh. Oorah, man! Thanks for the lesson!
Oorah🤟🏾
I'm not even in the military and this was a well informative video
I was an E5 in Air Force Security in the 1980s and we used the exact same system! I still have a few boot bands around here someplace.
My Dad was 321st MSS at GFAFB
811X0 ... 1973-1991. Minuteman, aircraft, WSA and cruise.
Army guy here. IMO this way of blousing boots looks way more clean than how many of my fellow soldiers do it. Usually way too high, like a couple inches above the boots or too low so they really arent bloused at all. Thank you for uploading this!
In the Corps, we wrapped the laces all the way around our ankle then tied them in front with the bow and double knot. Then we bloused the trousers (Marines don't wear 'pants') with the boot band. Good video.
That's probably how they did it in the 80s/90s (guessing from the age of your icon-photo). And gotta remember, this is probably for non-marines (read; civillians) so pants, is the more common vernacular.
I'll admit it does look spiffy, but I'm guessing you just tucked 'em in, when on an op?
@hellacoorinna9995 always used bootbands in ops..tucking them would cause dirt to slip into the boots and the cuffs to get all gnarly/sweaty. If you rolled the cuffs and put bootband under inside then they were easy and stayed on. Saw a few Marines tuck them if they lost bootbands, tho
You don't wear pants under your trousers? Sus.
USAF veteran here, this is the way we did it back in the 80's
I learned this process OH so well when I was a PFC from boot. If not I faced PT that never stopped. Semper fi Marine Outstanding video! 74-78
Army veteran - I like your method better than mine during the 80s, Squared away!
Simple... 1. tuck ONLY the hem of the trouser under the blousing band 2. Place band at 3rd boot eyelet from the top. 3 grow out your hair a bit and run wizard sleeves
You've got that "cool history teacher" vibe in the way you speak and explain things!
Finally this looks so proper. I saw one dude blouse right above the boot and I thought you would want stuff to not fall into the boot lol.
I am a Recon Marine veteran. I never bloused my boots that low. I bloused them the same as you.
I think he was poking fun at the fact that many Recon or Special Forces units are more ignorant of the regulations.
@@robertclark1669 not ignorant but more less not give af like sniper sections in the army
@@JsCharizard1 That’s exactly what I meant
@@robertclark1669 word to the mf street dude I grew a mustache for clout and I’m only just now being told that I was able to do it as a private
...and reach for something high, or raise your hand, and they are all effed up. Messing with them a million times a day. Hated them.
That's only if your pants are not that long. I always buy pants that are longer than necessary, blouse over my boot and it never gets undone
Thank you so much for this I really needed it for airforce cadets
thanks for this clip. I’m Royal Thai Marine Corps. when I’ve seen all of you blouse your boots like this it awesome I want to blouse like you.👍🏽🤙🏽🥾
Back in the "old" Corps - the days of black leather boots and solid green utilities - we bloused our trousers and not our boots.
I like those boots of yours. Great video
I haven’t been to cadets in so long and having to go back I’ve forgotten, this video helped so much
Thank you for your service and Happy 244th birthday
USMC 1979-1984. We used metal boot bands. They seemed to be more rugged.
Sounds more uncomfortable though
Arms looking nice!
Switzerland Army same thing 💯💪🏼 cool
thanks for your service brother. also, what's going on with your arms at the end of the vid?! 😂
Also known as "How to blouse your pants like a Bundeswehrsoldat"
They use flat rubber straps
@@FEINDKONTAKT. Entweder Stieflbänder, die einem ausgeteilt werden, oder geknotete Hosengummis. 👍🏼
Whats the manufacturer of those boots? Looks like Altama which does a lot of USGI stuff issued at boot camp. I don’t like the hot weathers.. too thin of an ankle and tongue and so they slip around way too much. but I know the Marines also commonly wear the Danner Rats which is a great boot. Personally I love side zips, which is now acceptable by USAF but not sure of other branches. But man, once you go side zip you’ll never go back. My favorite.. Danner Tanicus side-zip.
Thanks for the easy explanation. When you mentioned using two bands would you go end-to-end and double wrap, or use the two bands wrapped independently?
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“You’re not gonna look like some PFC right out of boot camp” … bros describing me
Only issue with this is, as soon as I stand up, my pants look like crap. Or if I do it standing, they come undone when I take a seat.
So basically these boots are the new jungle boot? Bc I’ve seen a lot of marines going to the jungle and train with this boots so that’s my question the typical jungle boot are just a memory now bc they were replaced for this kind of boots correct? And if that’s a yes which ones are better the typical jungle boots the classic ones or this new type of boot?
thanks!
I am in a military school and this is rely helpful
This is pretty cool
Could I use an elastic band if a boot band is unavailable or as an improvised band?
I was blousing my boots like that the first day they let us blouse them and I got IT for not having it on the sock🤣 I spent the entirety of bootcamp confused as to why they put it on the sock
I’m heading into MCJROTC and I’ve been practicing but everytime I do it the same way like you and it looks like a cylinder holding up a wide plate.
Some will look like that. Based on your trousers it’s not really your fault
So my trousers have to be shorter cause they are pretty long
SouthernWar Yeah, exactly. Because when they are too long, they tend to look like a mushroom, if you know what I mean.
You can’t just wrap the lace around and not have it tucked in rubbin your leg?
what kind of filter is he using to look so lean and tall
Random question, I bought woodland marpat from a surplus store, partially to exercise my 2a and firearm train in full gear cause I can, but mainly for airsoft so I get real use out of them, but the uniform has EGA stitched in it, no rank, name, u.s. marine or unit patches, not at all trying to come off as military, just camouflaged, but my question is: is it disrespectful to wear the uniform? I didn’t realize it was there and I did not earn to wear that emblem so I kinda feel disrespectful for wearing it.
I do the same thing, nobody’s gonna care especially if you’re a teenager
Marine here. As long as there is no rank or U.S. MARINES tape on it, you're good to go. Name tapes don't matter as far as I know.
@@mando482 thanks for the Feed back, I’ve been hoping someone in the marines would set that straight for me, thank you sir, and thank you for your service.
It's hard to take a Pro Tip about tying boots from someone who ties a Granny Knot. A properly tied knot is Balanced with the tails and loops left and right, not up and down.
Right over left, left over right,
Makes a knot both tidy and tight.
There's no reason to bury the tail a Tying a knot at the aglet is convenient when opening your boots and keeping them from unlacing. But cinching those tip knots into the shoe knot means you have to dig out those two knots to untie the boot rather than pulling the tail.
Tucking in the extra four feet of laces seems unnecessary and uncomfortable. Maybe that's necessary to open the boot to the extreme for airing it out. I would always trim the excess on my boots.
It would take a Marine to make a four minute video out of a 4 second task. 😂😂😂
Have you tried Berluti knot? It’s notmally worn with formal shoes but it’s really tight and does not loosen even after a day of walking.
You can also buy a self locking shoelaces mechanism for a few bucks, i'm not a marines but in France some of our shoes have this thing from factory, and even when they don't you can put the little piece on, it works great
Can somebody tell me why aren't the pants already issued with an elastic band? Why so complicated? It doesn't look practical at all to do all this😖
new cadet 😭 yea no thank you so much!
Damn he's shredded.
Ikr? Those veins at his biceps ❤️
I just speed lace cause I’m high speed like that
Great vid, but I'm afraid it doesn't help one bit. I'm in the Air Force and need help on blousing my boots like an AIRMAN
all the hours and money we had to waste on shining our boots ! Kids these days 😊😊
Thank god my biggest fear for basic training coming now solved
I have never seen this done before.
the canadian military is on a whole new level of advance, I was issued 2 rubber bands to blouse my boots
Would this look good with any type of boots? because i do airsoft and i don’t like the sloppy way of butting the pants over the boots but i use hiking boots for the comfyness and so i can run in them
Super late response here but it should look fine i think but i will warn they tend to ride up a bit when running or going up steps but thats just my experience. Dont know if ya still need this but 🤷
@@catalystyt6687 no worries lol i have been started to tuck my pants into my boots but i think i need one of those bands because like you said they do start to untuck themselfs while running
Feels like shade at Force Recon. @2:44
1st force
That’s literally the same way the army does it
I wish you were wearing the Altama desert boots with the panama soles. What I wouldn't give for a 👀 of you lacing them up from below the tread I know I am 😜I hope there are some who respond with positive comments.
Dude are you at camp johnson.
Not hating just correcting, its blousing your trousers not blousing your boot, but otherwise great vid
My SDI always said blouse your boots so Stfu rotc kid
It's funny in nzdf boot camp we use rubber bands
Recon status lmao
thank you!
This is perfect for me because I do MC JROTC👍🏻
this looks like courthouse bay
is this matpat
I never saw this way our sdi thought us different but orrah marine
I need shoes
🔥Rah🔥
i hope i wear that comoflauge soon
Was thinking about getting into combat boots but I know it would look goofy if I had my pants hang over them. Needed this.
Only for a short video like this, ads still allowed to sucks viewers's data.
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Now do a 1 hour video about puttees! 🤣
The only correct way to blouse your boots is to tuck the pants into your socks
Sir i wanna ask you question what brand of you boot because i wanna have boot like that
And here was me thinking they tuck their pants into their shoes!!
Is it just me or all of our Combat boots are made in China
Its just you.
@@Qunyc1985 dang
Pants? What is this 'pants' you speak of?
I think that's the word _Pogues_ use for trousers.
Marines can't even make a boot video without putting the word in all caps.
Unrelated but you have beautiful hands
Lol
rotc students here who didnt pay attention to the lesson
Real men tuck the pant legs under the boots. Bands are for the lazy. At least back when I was army.
Sorry. Real military old school types. Not a gender thing. Tuck pant legs in boots and pull up a bit. Done.
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Tell me your a boot without telling me your a boot
Hell yeah
Always love you in boots baby
Trying to figure out why he said put two together.. was that just a joke, or was he trying to help out the morbidly obese people??
No it's just personal preference. If anything two boot bands would be better for skinny people since there is more tension keeping them secured around your leg.
@@smesaric not to hook together, but I'm presuming you mean one and then one below it. I'm finding out the hard way it's not the easiest to do this with denim. LOL
@@ajcoluzzi9374 No, when Marines use two boot bands they tie them together with a knot, but the length is the same as one band it's just double the elastic tension essentially
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if this dude or anyone else find an a.i. able to create hip hop of his speech this vid would get more likes. he,s rapping at the end of the lecture.. haha
thanks!