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As for me I could probably type a couple pages worth, I'm sure most of you have a list as well.


You better be afraid of a ghost!!

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Listerine.

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Pinesol
Brasso
Burn pits
Walking by the black water
JP5
Boot polish
A few others that I will keep to myself


"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.

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When I came back from just about any length deployment on a carrier, my wife would tell me, “all of your stuff needs to be washed; it smells like the ship!”

If I hadn’t been at sea for a bit, I could walk on a carrier and there’s “the smell”.


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Diesel fumes


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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

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Gunpowder burning on a cool morning. Fort Pickett VA in October for range fire - always best couple of days of the year for me.
Mess hall coffee.


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Burning airplane fuel - breathed that schidt in when loading onto the bird i was fixing to jump out of
CLP - cleaned weapons for innumerable HOURS
Kiwi shoe polish - always gotta take care of my boots
Wet nylon webbing - the smell of a parachute harness

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Many Thanks for your service to this Great Nation Gentlemen. smile


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The smell on Parris Island SC from that god damn paper mill in Savannah GA when the wind was just right.

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Nuoc mam


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Anyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship.
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Jet fuel.
Axle grease.
Boot polish.
Brasso.
Johnson’s Floor Polish.
Cosmoline.
Diesel.
Fine powdered dust and the smell of the bushveld in the dry season.
Field kitchens.
Mortar tubes had their own smell too, a little like old fireworks.


To anger a conservative, lie to him. To annoy a liberal, tell him the truth.

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Diesel fumes and crap
Brasso
CLP
That dang cobra or bulldog aftershave we had to lather up with prior to inspections

Camp Pendleton has a very distinct smell. Not a bad one but a plant, or tree or flower that you never forget. If I ever get a whiff back here in the Ozarks of something similar it takes me back for sure.


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The smell of the M16 after being fired on the range.


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Diesel exhaust, musty canvas, break free, the ammonia smell of the gas puffing from the bolt of the m-16, kiwi, blown up pine trees, and the stank of a platoon returning from two weeks in the field.

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Different dirts especially desert or jungle

Whatever old tarps were treated with

Wood Ammo boxes whatever they were treated with

Axle oil

Dead people and blood

Bat dung and cat piss

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The unmistakable stench in the head, of cinder block turds following MREs after days in the field. Every stall would be full with a line out the door.


Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan

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Jet exhaust
Burnt gunpowder


I am..........disturbed.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain


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JP-4, hydraulic fluid, jet exhaust, hot brakes, open sewers, 409 cleaner, garlic, dead fish.
Burning charcoal & cheap perfume.
The above scents and many more remind me of C-130's and Southeast Asia.

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Canvas tents and vehicle seats in enclosed vehicles
Boot polish
Kimchee
New wool and mothballs
Old school Rifle Bore Cleaner (still some left in the system when I went in)


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I still have the nylon CP tent i spent months in in 1970. When I DEROS'ed I was allowed to bring it home with me as it was torn and had been taken off the books. I had it repaired and treated and I use that same tent almost every September when bow hunting for elk in Colorado. I still have some LBE from those days. While I no longer use the LBE, just looking at them brings back many memories. Mess Hall coffee and jp4 exhaust odors will never leave me. This thread brings back many memories. Thanks to the op for starting it.

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