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Oh yeah, armpit sauce. And all of the above, and more. Semper Fi.
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Being a Corpsman, no smell that would be overly pleasant...
As far as sounds....Tanks, Deuce & a 1/2... Choppers, particularly Hueys since I served on a medevac crew...generators we used in the MASH unit for power..
Canvas tents from being out in the field, particular serving for a time in a MASH unit. Pup tents and sleeping bags...
Smell of M16s being shot, and time on the range.. either shooting or being med support.. Sound of shooting M203's 40mm Grenade launcher, or the M79 LAW...and the following smell of that ..
The good smells coming from the Hospital Chow Hall, or the Redondo Pit at Ft Lewis.
The Smell of Bad Hygiene when working in the Troop Medical Clinic.... and especially underwear and socks that hadn't been changed for a week.. and certain people who didn't bath very often at all.. but that would make me a racist saying that...
add alcohol ( medical type, not booze) to the above cleaning wounds, giving shots or other procedures....
Pride serving around elite troops.... depression and disgust serving around some of the lazy grunts in every day units...poor hygiene, laziness etc...
the abuse of the concept of 'discrimination' by those of a certain race...predominantly...
Proud to have served, but not always proud to have served around some of the people I served around....
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Which explains a lot.
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Kiwi Parade Gloss Burning Hexamine (solid fuel, for stoves)
Both smells take me right back.
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Moth balls 23699 WTR aviation grease JP4 Burning JP4 JP8 Burning JP8 Brasso Kiwi Canvas tents
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the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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If I remember correctly, my buddy John said freshly cut pine wood used to give him the willies.
If you've ever seen Band of Brothers--the shelling at Bastogne-- that's what he was into up north of the Bulge. The Germans were using their 88's to fire into the tops of the pines. He was dug in underneath. There was no escape, because the blast was coming straight down. You had the shells themselves to contend with as well as falling trees and getting skewered from broken limbs.
The other thing that he couldn't stand was freshly fallen leaves. I mentioned recently how he managed to walk into a minefield one day. He spent all afternoon retracing his steps.
John usually got squirrely right after Thanksgiving and would disappear until February. He usually ended up in Mexico, where he'd go and play at being a bad hombre until the demons quit. Then he'd go to Sebring and start catching the races.
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JP (or DFM), Every carrier I served on smelled the same and my cruise trunk, still filled with my kit from my last deployment (2002!) that was cleaned and put away, still smells of it and I miss it.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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The smell of jet exhaust and the peculiar smell of my Xcelite nut drivers.
Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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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.
Yep.. The smell of a certain oil brings back the memory of the interior of the two submarines I was on.. It never fails..
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C-130 fumes and burn pits. The smell of burning feces in Pakistan.
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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. We visited my BIL and sister down there back in the 70's and I remember the smell of the Spanish moss.
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A few of mine..
Av gas Hydraulic oil Exhaust from a big radial coming to life..don't get to experience that much anymore. Lingering humidity after a rain Rubber smell of aircraft tires 4th of July
Many more but the most prized is the smell of perfume laced letters my then to be wife sent me almost daily for two deployments.
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I have always noticed that every country has its own smell and when you get a whiff in your nose, all sorts of emotions flood through your mind in a flash. Egypt always smelled of what I can only describe as burnt camel schitt. It smelled like that everywhere you went. Somalia has the burning trash human misery odor. Afghanistan has that nearly identical smell of Egypt but with that horrible bread they cook everyday.
Maybe it is a continental thing or a culture thing but they all have their signature smell.
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Oh yeah, armpit sauce. And all of the above, and more. Semper Fi. My Cambodean wife has a bottle of that in the kitchen right now.
Me solum relinquatis
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JP-4 (jet fuel ) burning ,
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Septic system backing up.
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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. that was the sweet smell of money. i remember the fumes coming off the duece and halfs at the motor pool.
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C-4 burning to heat chow on the rare occasions we could heat chow. .A funky poncho liner after weeks in the bush. I loved my poncho liner. mike r
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