21
21
0
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.
Posted in these groups: 
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
War on Terror
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan War on Terror
Posted 6 y ago
Responses: 29
8
8
0
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.
(8)
(0)
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.
(6)
(0)
6
6
0
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google