The Marine Corps Combat Boot is making a comeback. Marine officials announced Nov. 5 that leaders have decided not to make the Rugged All-Terrain boot mandatory across the service, reversing its ...

Capt. Caleb Haney, a project officer with the Program Manager for Infantry Combat Equipment at Marine Corps Systems Command, assembles the Marine Corps Intense Cold Weather Boot Nov. 13 aboard ...

Meanwhile, among men who showed up to boot camp with similar contracts to train for combat jobs, the pass rate was about 96 percent. Marine Corps data shows that 7,264 of 7,552 of male recruits ...

Gen. David Berger, the head of Marine Corps Combat Development Command. Seven boots on the list had not previously been included on any formal footwear guidance for Marines, said Barb Hamby ...

The U.S. Marine Corps hasn’t just entered the final phase of testing designs for new standard-issue jungle boots; Commandant Gen. Robert Neller is eyeing new combat boots for the first time in ...

Right now, the Corps has a Temperate Weather marine Corps Combat Boot for operations in temperatures between 20 degrees and 60 degrees Fahrenheit and an Extreme Cold Weather Vapor Barrier Boot for ...

Problems with the hot-weather RAT boots include separation of stitching and glue at the seams, said Lt. Col. Kevin Reilly, the program manager for infantry combat equipment at Marine Corps Systems ...

The Marine Corps conducted similar evaluations to identify ... "Belleville model 901 V2 and Rocky model RKC 071 meet the Jungle Combat Boot specifications," said Mitchell, adding that all of ...

The Marine Corps ... combat roles to women. In a Jan. 1 memo to Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus requested a "detailed plan" on how the service will fully integrate ...

Currently, female Marines only attend Marine Combat Training (MCT) at the School of Infantry (SOI) – East in North Carolina. Marine Corps boot camp occurs in two places — Recruit Depot Parris ...