Recruit Training Command Gas Mask Training
Channel: U.S. Navy
Date: 2018-08-24

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 27, 2018) Instructors in the USS Chief Recruit Fire Fighter Trainer at Recruit Training Command (RTC), check the fit of M50 gas masks being worn by U.S. Navy recruits during boot camp. Once the room begins to fill with tear gas, each recruit receives the order to remove their gas mask before being allowed to exit the chamber.  The fittings were part of classroom training in USS Chief of chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) defense education for the recruits during indoctrination to the Navy. More than 30,000 recruits graduate annually from the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda S. Kitchner/Released) 180808-N-IY633-1003