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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Eduardo Meza, with the Installation Personnel Administration Center, Headquarters Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, removes his boot at Eastern Miramar Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 15, 2017.

The Marine Corps Is Eyeing Some Brand New Boot Upgrades

Sarah Sicard

U.S. Army Capt. Jason Beams, Training Division officer at the Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vt., observes Soldiers climbing Smugglers' Notch during their final phase of the Basic Military Mountaineering course in Jeffersonville, Vt., Feb. 19, 2015.

The Evolution Of The Combat Boot In The US Military

U.S. military combat boots have come a long way.

James Clark