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My son has flat feet. Can he keep his shoes in basic training?
My son leaves for basic training on June 26th. He has very flat feet. He has been told by a Navy friend that if his New Balance shoes are new when he arrives, then they might let him keep them. They are more suited to his feet than the shoes issued. Is there any chance that they will let him keep his shoes? If so, what color should I buy?
Thanks!
Jill
Thanks!
Jill
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Permalink Reply by mumof4 (ship 02, div 932) on
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I would call or FB the RTC and ask them that question! I do know that our son said the running shoes were horrible, and he would rather have had on his boots as they supported his feet better!
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Permalink Reply by salpetty on
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I really doubt it. Even if they did, it would probably be a situation where you would have to send them later. When they get there and are being issued new clothing, shoes etc, they are throwing everything they own into a box very quickly and in a streamlined fashion. There won't be time for him to say, "but I'm allowed to have my own shoes....etc." At this point in bootcamp, every one is doing the same thing at the same time with no deviations.
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Permalink Reply by SailorMom on
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My son has flat feet too. I tried to game the system every way I could. I tried to get orthotics approved through MEPS ( I mean to say I urged and helped him to do this). I sent him in his great shoes with the orthotics taped in. I *sent* more in the mail.
The bottom line is...they won't tell you this but orthotics for flat feet are really not approved or encouraged for boot camp. Their reasoning seems to be that if you can't make it through without them then you shouldn't be there. Recruiters kind of hem and haw over this but there is no waiver or anything that can get those into boot camp, and I think they made him throw out the ones I sent him.
Good news is, he did fine. His feet hurt every once in a while I'm sure, but not so badly that he could not continue. He did not get shin splints from running ( mostly indoor on the padded course) and only had trouble when he had to stand for *extremely* long periods of time, which really wasn't often.
Now that's he's a submariner, I still send him orthotics and he still doesn't use them.
I think you're just going to have to let this one go.
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