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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)
| 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, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
| Hometown: | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, US |
| Web Views: | 308 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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