Notice: Sandals in the army

• Eiizumi

  1 Sep 04, 16:40

  Sandals for soldiers in the SG army
• FireIce

  1 Sep 04, 16:41

  saw on the news yday
  
  isit TEVA?
• paperchicken

  1 Sep 04, 16:42

  Looks nice and comfortable.
• Eiizumi

  1 Sep 04, 16:46

  Hope it doesn't smell when you wear too long...
• paperchicken

  1 Sep 04, 16:53

  Anybody try them yet ?
• tankee1981

  1 Sep 04, 17:18

  Still can remember the days where we wear PT shoes during admin time....a bit troublesome.....
• ratinacage

  1 Sep 04, 17:20

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  saw on the news yday
  
  isit TEVA?

  got so good mah??
• idwar

  1 Sep 04, 23:27

  
  VietCong and NVA (North Vietnam Army) wore sandals and defeated the great Uncle Sam US army in their fancy uniform.
• KeN3

  1 Sep 04, 23:48

  looks like some imitation teva leh... but betta den nothin lah... sure beats wearin pt shoes though...
• baer

  2 Sep 04, 09:30

  Sometime back, My scouts and I had a long discussion on the merits between sandals and trackshoes for outdoor activities.
  
  While for obvious hygene reasons, sandals are good to allow the feet to breathe and if the quality is good, offer sufficiently similar traction, there is the problem of arch support and heel grip.
  
  I have always advocated overall coverage, protection of the upper half of your foot especially in event anything falls onto your foot.
  
  Can't imagine pounding the 2.4 in sandals, no impact absorbtion or archillies tendon support. Whoever is suggesting sandals must have forgotten that the army runs in its PT shoes and not just for loping around looking cool.
• FireIce

  2 Sep 04, 09:51

  i think the sandals are oni allowed at certain times....
  when in bunk.....eerr....mealtimes not sure.....
• zenmaster

  2 Sep 04, 15:04

  What I read in Zaobao was that sandals are only allowed in barracks.
  They are also giving different T-shirt for 3SG and above to differentiate between Enlistees and Specialists & above.