<p>Yesterday I got one pair of my boots pretty muddy and grass stained. How important is it that I show up on R-Day with clean boots? I'm doing my best to clean them, but they just won't cooperate!</p>
<p>28 Days! GO ARMY</p>
<p>There is apparently a cleaning kit, but I don't have it. I personally, had a drop of grease fall on the tip of my temperates and it won't come off...</p>
<p>this things are gonna suck to clean...</p>
<p>I've never cleaned my desert boots. Then again I'm not at West Point. The cleaning kit is a big pencil eraser, literally.</p>
<p>While I don't know the policy for clean boots, I don't think it could hurt. In rotc, I learned that when you are the new guy, the upperclassmen are going to harp on every flaw they find in an effort to make you more aware anf to increase uniformity. Clean them, use a hard bristled brush, like one you use to clean a floor, then polish them.</p>
<p>uniformity? so if we all show up with dirty boots, then we're set. </p>
<p>just like carl perkins (not elvis) wrote, "you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes", or in this case, my tan suede boots</p>
<p>I'm in. My boots are already sufficiently dirty. But then again I'm showing up with my Bellevilles so I probably won't wear them until Buckner...but I swear i'm bringing dirty boots.</p>