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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits breathe easy after gas chamber training on Parris Island [Image 1 of 8]

    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits breathe easy after gas chamber training on Parris Island

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    10.29.2013

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Rct. RheAnna Watkins, Platoon 4042, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, helps a fellow recruit tighten her gas mask during chemical and biological warfare defense training Oct. 29, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits learned and became confident and comfortable with how to properly use the masks before being exposed to tear gas, a nonlethal agent that causes watery eyes, respiratory irritation and a burning sensation of the skin. Watkins, 21, from Jacksonville, Fla., is scheduled to graduate Dec. 20, 2013. 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: 10.29.2013
    Date Posted: 11.13.2013 18:39
    Photo ID: 1051577
    VIRIN: 131029-M-FS592-153
    Resolution: 3840x5760
    Size: 5.56 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: JACKSONVILLE, FL, US

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