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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits breathe easy after gas chamber training on Parris Island [Image 6 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           

    Recruits of Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, feel the effects of tear gas, a nonlethal agent, after exiting the gas chamber Oct. 29, 2013, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits first learned about the masks and how to use them, then went inside the tear-gas filled chamber and applied their skills in order to become confident and comfortable with using the masks in a chemically or biologically contaminated environment. Papa Company 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 18:42
    Photo ID: 1051590
    VIRIN: 131029-M-FS592-270
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 6.12 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US

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