US Marine Corps/Cpl. Dominique Osthoff
US Marines prepare to enter the gas chamber at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, November 8, 2019.
- US Marines at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina went through gas-chamber training earlier this month.
- The Marines were ushered into a small, dark, brick room with a sign above the door: "Even the brave cry here."
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A sign hanging above the doors to the gas chamber reads, "Even the brave cry here." A dozen at a time, Marines are ushered into a small, dark, brick room. A thick haze of o-Chlorobenzylidene Malononitrile, more commonly known as CS gas, fills the air.
Marines with Deployment Processing Command, Reserve Support Unit-East (DPC/RSU) and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted gas chamber training November 8, 2019, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
"During qualification, which can take about four to five hours, Marines are taught nuclear biological and chemical (NBC) threats, reactions to NBC attacks, how to take care of and use a gas mask, how to don Mission-Oriented Protective Posture gear, the process for decontamination, and other facts relating to NBC warfare," said Cpl. Skyanne Gilmore, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) specialist with the 26th MEU.