Check the reunions at Fort Lewis on

[malaise]

GEM$NBC - very cool

[JonLP24]

1. That is where I was stationed

Would love to see it but I don't have cable. I was in North Fort rather than Main Post.

[HillbillyBob]

4. I was stationed aboard USS Enterprise at Bremerton

When I got out I almost stayed in Seattle area.
From time to time I wish that I had instead of going home to nazibama.

[JonLP24]

5. Someone in my unit

had a wife in the Navy stationed up there though I don't know what ship.

I do kind of wish I stayed up there considering it was much more progressive in those areas than here in AZ but I prefer the weather here minus the summer heat.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. There are thousands of armed troops stationed at Fort Lewis.

How long must Obama continue this cruel occupation of Tacoma?

[malaise]

3. He'd better close all those bases across the globe

and leave no troops anywhere. :evilgrin:

[arbusto_baboso]

6. Tacoma must be occupied until the "Tacoma Aroma" is ended.

If you've been there, you know what I mean.

[JonLP24]

7. Really?

I've been there as recently as '08 and didn't smell anything unusual.

To describe something to hopefully prove I've been there is the roads, especially coming in from I-5, go up very noticeably. It keeps going until it is a flat and the locals call that neighborhood "Hilltop". Also I recall trying to be very careful releasing the brake and accelerating (especially if cars where behind me) stopped at intersections.

[arbusto_baboso]

8. The smell from the wood pulp mills is gone?

Huh.

[JonLP24]

10. I found this looking up those two words

Beginning in the 1930s, Tacoma became known for the "Tacoma Aroma", a distinctive, acrid odor produced by paper manufacturing on the industrial tide flats. In the late 1990s, Simpson Tacoma Kraft reduced total sulfur emissions by 90%. This largely eliminated the problem; where once the aroma was ever-present, it is now only noticeable occasionally, primarily when the wind is coming from the east.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington#20th_century

Admittedly I didn't live there and mostly been on the east side. I've been down to South Tacoma Way, Tacoma Dome, and South Tacoma Mall more than a few times. Not sure if I was in the right places to smell it or maybe I did and completely forgot.

[oneshooter]

9. My middle son is a Field Medic currently posted at Fort Lewis. n/t