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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 War on Terror
Posted 7 y ago
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As others have said, Diesel. It's just uncommon enough to take me back, and just common enough to where it pops up 1-2 times a year.
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Stagnant water, crap and garbage remind me of Iraq. That is pretty much what Mosul and Kirkuk smelled like.
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Ammonia. It smells like monoethalnolamine, which is the chemical used on submarines to remove the CO2. The entire submarine smelled of amine.
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The smell of garbage, burning garbage, dirty dipers, hot oil, the list goes on and on
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