Lets see how this goes
1: Army needs a "new" jungle boot
Seems that older ones that were proven just aren't "new enough", ie: "The cool factor".
2: Army puts out requirements for "new jungle boot", (which are strangely enough covered by the old jungle boot)
3: Requirements are then sent to DA which reviews them, and makes a "few minor changes", (10 pages of requirements now "edited" to 37 pages). Sends over to Pentagon.
4: Pentagon looks at it
asks for clarifications, on changes and sends back to DA.
5: DA takes questions, realizes that Navy and Air Force officers that questioned Army was correct in their questions on Army jungle boots and changes required parameters. Sends back to Pentagon. 37 page document is now 42 pages with addendums.
6: Pentagon reviews requirements again, (with different officers other than the Air Force one that swears he "never saw this the first time"), and then hands off to Marines. Marines say "it's a boot"
.and passes it on.
7: Within 15 minutes of it being approved for testing etc
information is leasked to 18 different congress critters that each have a vested pork interest in this project. Each one then demands a slice of the pie for their district. (Laces are made in California, Eyelets in Florida, Soles in New York, Shank material in Minnesota, etc
and all are transported by union truckers to an assembly plant in New Jersey. Where they are then assembled and then shipped to the carboard box and packing facility in Pennsylvania once again by Union truckers (since we know that things that need to be working together cannot be packed or shipped together and the union contracts forbid that).
8: Army gets the boot about 14 months behind scheduled delivery. Boot does not meet requirements. Army then discusses this and process begins again. After 3 issues of "Boot, Jungle, Combat NSN 201400696969FU" they finally get it right.
9: Army issues jungle boot to solders for combat and duty use in jungle/tropical climates.
10: Army then ships jungle boots to Alaska.
11: Army then ships troops with hot weather jungle boots to Greenland.
12: Army then decides to change AR670-1 again and now wants boots to be "highly polished", (Kiwi sales go up and once again "The Garrett Troopers" take over
.)