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    Photo Gallery: Marine recruits train in chemical warfare on Parris Island [Image 10 of 10]

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

    PARRIS ISLAND, SC, UNITED STATES

    12.09.2014

    Photo by Cpl. Caitlin Brink 

    Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island           

    Drill Instructor Staff Sgt. Travis M. Barnes, Platoon 1014, Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, orders recruits to run faster after they exit the gas chamber Dec. 9, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. In the gas chamber, recruits perform various exercises to check the mask’s seal. Barnes, 29, is from Twentynine Palms, Calif. Bravo Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 30, 2015. 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 Sgt. Caitlin Brink)

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    Date Taken: 12.09.2014
    Date Posted: 01.28.2015 09:06
    Photo ID: 1738439
    VIRIN: 141209-M-FS592-798
    Resolution: 5112x3216
    Size: 1.48 MB
    Location: PARRIS ISLAND, SC, US
    Hometown: TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, US

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