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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
Its like all of the tricks that the 19Ds were taught during the scout course. You can always detect troops by the smell of tobacco, the smell of cooking, the hum of voices and the utter silence of any wildlife in the area.
When vehicles are in the area, the smell of POL (fuel and oil), the stink of exhaust, engines idling, metal-on-metal contact (hatches opening and closing).
And at night it was even easier, because no matter what nation...some idiot would light up a cig and it is truely amazing how far that little red ember can be seen on a dark night...either by the ole Eyeball Mark I system or through NODs...
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But, Butthead needed his fix from his Kool Menthol...lol