R 052132Z NOV 15
MARADMIN 558/15
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/TEMPORARY CANCELLATION OF THE MANDATORY POSSESSION DATE FOR THE RUGGED ALL TERRAIN BOOT//
REF/A/DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC MCUB/25JUN2009//
REF/B/DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC MCUB/20JUN2014//
NARR/REF A IS CMC DECISION MEMORANDUM FOR THE RAT BOOT. REF B IS MARADMIN 299/14; FIELDING INFORMATION FOR THE RAT BOOT.//
POC/NH3 M. BOYT/-/MCUB/TEL: (703)432-3573 OR DSN 378-3573/EMAIL: MARY.BOYT(AT)USMC.MIL/OR MR. R. SLOAN/-/MCUB/TEL: (703)432-3667 OR DSN 378-3667// 
GENTEXT/RMKS/1. AS ANNOUNCED BY REFERENCE (A), THE HOT WEATHER AND TEMPERATE WEATHER RUGGED ALL TERRAIN (RAT) BOOT TRANSITION BEGAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2015 WITH THE ISSUE OF BOTH BOOTS (IN LIEU OF THE MARINE CORPS COMBAT BOOT (MCCB)) AT THE RECRUIT DEPOTS VIA THE SEABAG.
2. AS ANNOUNCED BY REFERENCE (B), THE RAT BOOT MANDATORY POSSESSION DATE WAS DIRECTED TO BE 1 OCTOBER 2016, AT WHICH TIME THE MCCBS WERE TO BE DEEMED OBSOLETE.
3. THE RAT BOOT MANDATORY POSSESSION DATE IS RESCINDED. THE MCCBS WILL BECOME THE STANDARD ISSUE SEABAG BOOT AND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT BOOT ON 1 OCTOBER 2016. THE RAT BOOTS ARE AUTHORIZED FOR OPTIONAL WEAR. BOTH THE RAT BOOT AND THE MCCBS WILL MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR ONE PAIR OF HOT WEATHER AND ONE PAIR OF TEMPERATE WEATHER COMBAT BOOTS.
4. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES B. LASTER, DIRECTOR, MARINE CORPS STAFF.//