If it is hot and dry, you want non GoreTex. They are cooler. If it is cool and wet, you want GoreTex. They are drier. So the question marches on.
All combat boots have virtually no arch support.
When I was in the Army, I had to add inserts to accommodate this. A good fitting footbed is paramount to foot comfort. Foot comfort is paramount to making it through many miles and many hours on the Philtrail. Some can be added aftermarket. I have a pronounced but not extreme arch and nothing is more uncomfortable than no support there.