Posted on May 9, 2024
SGT Kevin Hughes
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And one last memory of smell. I was training in the Army. They were teaching us SERE training where you learn to escape after you get caught, and how to hide from the enemy. Well, I got caught every time. Every single stinking time. It was embarrassing.

Finally I asked the First Sergeant what the heck was I doing wrong?

“Hughes, you stink.”

“I know that Top! But why do they always find me?”

“You stink!”

“I know…but why?”

He laughed and said:

“Hughes, what in the Jungle,Swamp, Forest, or Field... smells like Brut?”

I turned beat red. I showered every day (which would have given me away anyway, because nothing in a swamp smells clean!) but I also wore Brut. Brut..for crying out loud.

After that, I let myself get grungy for a few days and managed to eek out a pass.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
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We were taught the same thing at the Visual Tracker Course. While in the field, don't even wash with soap . . .
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SGT Kevin Hughes
SGT Kevin Hughes
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One of the old guys told me to put green twigs on fire and stand in the smoke. And that’s when I found out what poison sumac was.
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SP5 Dennis Loberger
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Good lesson learned
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SGT Kevin Hughes
SGT Kevin Hughes
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I know. It is the little things that get you in trouble. After shave. Sheesh.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
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Brut/Hai Karate/Old Spice/Aqua Velva Yeah baby...give yo uaway every time...inthe woods you gotta smell lkie swam a$$ or you will get caught.
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