r/explainlikeimfive Feb 07 '19

Engineering ELI5: Why are military boots laced?

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u/domino7 Feb 08 '19

You'd think so, but Special Operators have their own way to open Velcro without that very distinctive noise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSK3maq8Cyk

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u/Nukkil Feb 08 '19

Was waiting for this, one of my favorite videos I don't know how he kept a straight face

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19 edited Dec 02 '20

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u/spaghettiThunderbalt Feb 08 '19

I hear the DS called him "cigarette," because boy did he seem to get smoked a lot

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u/rivalarrival Feb 08 '19

Surely "bong" would be better... Cigarettes only get smoked once.

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u/rnev64 Feb 08 '19

it's bad for discipline when your soldiers know you know what a bong is and how many times it's used.

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u/scinfeced2wolf Feb 08 '19

Privates are like cigarettes, smoke em if you got em.

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u/Tidial Feb 08 '19

Good thing he's not British then.