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I know this question might seem odd to some, but I think it could lead to some interesting conversation.
It's no secret that a lot of things can remind you of different times in your life. One of the strong is smells. From the smell of your mother baking a pie to the smell of fresh clean laundry or even the amazing smell of bacon frying up in the morning; smells can send us back. Some are not as nice as others. For those of us that have deployed; there is a long list of smells that remind us of our time down range. Personally, I remember the indescribable smell of Iraq. The dust, the smoke, the smell of not showering for a few days.
So the question is simple. What smell takes you back there? For me; its the smell of hand sanitizer.
It's no secret that a lot of things can remind you of different times in your life. One of the strong is smells. From the smell of your mother baking a pie to the smell of fresh clean laundry or even the amazing smell of bacon frying up in the morning; smells can send us back. Some are not as nice as others. For those of us that have deployed; there is a long list of smells that remind us of our time down range. Personally, I remember the indescribable smell of Iraq. The dust, the smoke, the smell of not showering for a few days.
So the question is simple. What smell takes you back there? For me; its the smell of hand sanitizer.
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Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
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Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan War on Terror
Posted 7 y ago
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The smell of a Porta-Potty being cleaned/pumped out with that awful smell. The smell of diesel generators the low-level noise you hear of those big machines from KBR everywhere.
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SGT Ben Keen The smell of gunpowder and the sound of gun and rifle fire will bring back memories. The musty stinky smell from being wet all the time, and the smell from rice paddies, jungle and villages.
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A smell does immediately come to mind, but it's impossible to describe... kinda that cinnamony, dusty, sort-of rotten smell that goes well with naan and a Rip-It :)
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The smell of rotting piss from urinals and piss tube sand the smell of a burn shitter, full of poop, rotting away in the Iraq heat
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Piss in a clogged tube that's caused by an Ivory Spring soap bar that was supposed to be used to sanitize the urinal.... COP Callahan. Cleaning out 10 foot tubes of slime piss that was green from the soap bars in the makeshift urinals....
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The smell of brush piles smoldering during burn permit season here in Oregon reminds me of Camp Taji and all the smoke from the surrounding villages and the burn pit. Aaaaah...back on the FOB.
I still haven’t smelled anything like the smoke from the ball-bearing factory near Taji that used to lay thick over our hooch in winter. Nothing like waking up to the sensation that your teeth are dissolving and your mouth is full of pennies! I don’t want to know what was in that smoke.
I still haven’t smelled anything like the smoke from the ball-bearing factory near Taji that used to lay thick over our hooch in winter. Nothing like waking up to the sensation that your teeth are dissolving and your mouth is full of pennies! I don’t want to know what was in that smoke.
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