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To: Red Badger

As an Infantry guy that at one point in Iraq, didn’t shower for over 30 days in June weather...I can attest that nothing happens other than you clothes get stiff, riddled with salt, and everyone smells like ammonia.

Other than that...you can smell someone who HAS taken a shower or shaved, if the wind is favorable, from a 50 yards away.


14 posted on 01/23/2025 12:50:12 PM PST by suasponte137
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To: suasponte137

I remember that in Vietnam soldiers were cautioned to NOT wear colognes or use scented soaps as the Viet Cong could smell you from a mile away!..............


17 posted on 01/23/2025 12:58:56 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: suasponte137
Other than that...you can smell someone who HAS taken a shower or shaved, if the wind is favorable, from a 50 yards away.

Yup, been there done that. You can also smell when someone is wearing a freshly washed set of BDUs, especially if they used the perfumed detergents that they sell these days.
25 posted on 01/23/2025 1:24:50 PM PST by fr_freak (So foul a sky clears not without a storm.)
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