Vibram Five Fingers - not in the US Military!

YES! this has made my day. there is NO way the Marine Corps will continue to allow them if the army has banned them. thanks for posting!

Good! Now if only the US Civilian Corps would do the same, we'd be set.

Oddly enough, Vibram DOES make some of the boots the Army uses. I have a pair in my back room right now.

BelgradeNative wrote:

Guess the military brass doesn't like the hipster doofus look any more than the LRC masses.

Vibram = hipster? Hipsters don't wear 5 fingers - they look like doofuses for entirely different reasons.

Vibram makes the soles of lots of great shoes & boots. They just don't have separate toes.

BelgradeNative wrote:

"There are a variety of minimalist running shoes available for purchase and wear. Effective immediately, only those shoes that accommodate all five toes in one compartment are authorized for wear. Those shoes that feature five separate, individual compartments for the toes, detract from a professional military image and are prohibited for wear with the IPFU or when conducting physical training in military formation."

Guess the military brass doesn't like the hipster doofus look any more than the LRC masses.

Source for this? The Vibrams are not allowed for the PT test but they were allowed for PT. It was the decision of the local commander. We have guys in my unit (not me, I hate the stupid looking things) who wear them for PT. I curious if this is a new regulation and want to see the link.

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Think that's good enough for me to put mine in the trash.

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It's idiotic, the SOF community uses and issues these out to their people, they use nothing but. Do you want to know why? It reduces injuries, at any given time in my platoon i was at 25% profile due to "running related injuries" for my Soldiers. Since i have switched due to a long history of knee, back, and foot issues(been running since i was 14, had a knee surgery and was diagnosed with plantar faciatis 3 years ago). I haven't been injured one single day while upping my mileage from 25 miles a week pre-five fingers to 60+ that is my current weekly load. That was 19 months ago. The Pediatrist the army sent me to says all signs of plantar faciatis are gone and I have shrunk a shoe size.

I haven't woken up once unable to walk because my feet were so tight i couldn't stretch them out. Not...One...Time.

This is about fashion and not function and anyone that takes physical fitness seriously will realize fashion is idiotic and function is everything. Just like in combat we wear alot of gear that looks retarded but has incredible functionality.

Booze Hound wrote:

Oddly enough, Vibram DOES make some of the boots the Army uses. I have a pair in my back room right now.

I hope you used plenty of lubricant.

Floridamp wrote:

Just like in combat we wear alot of gear that looks retarded but has incredible functionality.

Yup. The current ACU makes it look like we're sending soldiers out to fight in their pajamas.

Total misunderstanding of the term "hipster".

Mreh wrote:

Total misunderstanding of the term "hipster".

But he's right in railing against them, however you define it.

Hey the government knows best guys. Better do what they say and run around in army boots from now on. How could the government be wrong about anyhting?

Well hipsters are into track bikes/ fixed gears which are the vibrams of cycling.

new regulation? wrote:

BelgradeNative wrote:

"There are a variety of minimalist running shoes available for purchase and wear. Effective immediately, only those shoes that accommodate all five toes in one compartment are authorized for wear. Those shoes that feature five separate, individual compartments for the toes, detract from a professional military image and are prohibited for wear with the IPFU or when conducting physical training in military formation."

Guess the military brass doesn't like the hipster doofus look any more than the LRC masses.

Source for this? The Vibrams are not allowed for the PT test but they were allowed for PT. It was the decision of the local commander. We have guys in my unit (not me, I hate the stupid looking things) who wear them for PT. I curious if this is a new regulation and want to see the link.

Try one of these links:

[quote]Floridamp wrote:

It's idiotic, the SOF community uses and issues these out to their people, they use nothing but.

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Actually, your over-generalized statement is idiotic. Let me see, 3 friend in the SEALs, 3 in Army SF, and 1 PJ...not one of them issued Vibrams nor do they use them. Can't say I recall seeing anyone wearing them deployed nor back in the States at any base I've been at. Let's run this one by David Goggins too; I think it is safe to say that until the last couple of years he perhaps was putting in more miles than anyone in the SOF community.

I definitely believe that many shoes are over-built crap myself. I run primarily in Speedstars and Free's. But your blanket post about what the "SOF" community is doing is stupid though. That's like saying something about the "SEAL" way of training, and just as dumb as saying that Crossfit is used by all elite SOF members.

And the Kenyan argument is stupid too as they are not running on concrete while minimally shod. Huge difference.

Stupid, un-informed blanket statements, and an inability to write competently while attempting to appear to come from a position of knowledge above others really just shows you lack the credibility you wish to project.

I have no doubt though you were diagnosed with "plantar faciatis" since you visted a "Pediatrist".

The Job Market wrote:

Hey the government knows best guys. Better do what they say and run around in army boots from now on. How could the government be wrong about anyhting?

Your right. Cause we all know there is nothing but army boots or VFF to run in. You called 'em out you tough guy you.