MCRD Parris Island, SC
Mike Company – Gas Chamber – March 3, 2015
Rct. William M. Johnson, Platoon 3024, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, breaks the seal on his gas mask while in the gas chamber March 3, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. By breaking the seal, the recruits experience the gas’s effects, which include temporary respiration irritation, watery eyes and a burning sensation on the skin. Johnson, 24, from North Myrtle Beach, S.C., is scheduled to graduate April 24, 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 Pfc. Vanessa Austin)
Mike Company – Gas Chamber – March 3, 2015
Rct. William M. Johnson, Platoon 3024, Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, breaks the seal on his gas mask while in the gas chamber March 3, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. By breaking the seal, the recruits experience the gas’s effects, which include temporary respiration irritation, watery eyes and a burning sensation on the skin. Johnson, 24, from North Myrtle Beach, S.C., is scheduled to graduate April 24, 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 Pfc. Vanessa Austin)