AFGHANISTAN: Marines buy 19,000 pairs of mountain boots.
The Pentagon issued a dire report about Afghanistan on Friday. U.S. commanders say more troops are needed.
Does that mean that Marines already there will have their deployments extended through the winter? Or does it mean other Marine units will be sent to Afghanistan to thwart the resurgent Taliban?
Nobody in the know is talking. But maybe a story in Footwear News last week carries a clue.
The Marine Corps has just placed a $3-million order for 19,000 pairs of Mountain Cold Weather Boots made by Portland, Ore.-based Danner. It's the biggest order the corps has placed since signing a contract two years ago with Danner's corporate parent, LaCrosse Footwear Inc.
The Marines want the order filled by year's end. The boots are said to be warm, snug and durable, perfect for terrain that is rocky, snowy and wintry cold, like the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan that serve as a sanctuary for the Taliban.
-- Tony Perry, in San Diego
Photo: The Mountain Cold Weather Boot by Danner. Credit: Danner
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Posted by: cold weather boots | January 16, 2009 at 07:08 AM
I am a US Marine currently deployed in Southern Afghanistan. My team and i were issued these boots, and we disapprove of them. A few nights ago the temp dropped below 17 deg. These boots couldnt hack it. I felt as if my toes were going to fall off at any moment. We are having to buy our own boots so that we can make it in the up coming winter season.
Posted by: Cpl Williams | November 23, 2008 at 08:00 PM
If W would have invested the bulk of our military and other resources in Afghanistan in the first place, instead of screwing around in a country (Iraq) that we have no business being in, Afghanistan would been well down the road to stability, peace and prosperity.
Now 7 years later, he's still having to order thousands more marines to freeze their rears off among the 20,000 foot peaks along the Pakistan-Afghan border.
Nice going, Dubya.
Posted by: Mike in S.D. | June 29, 2008 at 08:35 AM