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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits train in chemical warfare defense on Parris Island [Image 4 of 6]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits train in chemical warfare defense on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    11.27.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Recruits of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, break the seal of their gas masks Nov. 27, 2013, in the gas chamber on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits experienced the effects of tear gas, a nonlethal agent that causes respiratory irritation, watery eyes and a burning of the skin, to demonstrate the gas mask's ability to protect them in a biologically or chemically contaminated environment. Mike Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 17, 2014. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink)

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    Date Taken: 11.27.2013
    Date Posted: 12.18.2013 19:08
    Photo ID: 1140561
    VIRIN: 131127-M-FS592-274
    Resolution: 5652x3324
    Size: 3.14 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US

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