Pentjotal
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Good thing it didn't smell.
Feb 14, 2024 5:39 AM
Pentjotal
60368
642
4
Good thing it didn't smell.
meatsmokertx
Before my first trip to the sandbox I was blessed with doing a gas chamber with a bunch of older navy med reserve officers. I'm marine. It was awesome
nizbit
Don't shave
MrHappySmiles
I loved the gas chamber. Learned cheats/workarounds to where I was able to outlast most, and techniques I’ve always used to stay safe and avoid coming down with illnesses.
Toqom
We had a guy who was unaffected, they made him go a second time without a mask, no issue then they took him back in and smoked him,.still unaffected, was hilarious seeing white drills try to get the black guy to suffer and he was just enjoying the situation
certainlynotaserialkiller
Clears the sinuses like nothing else.
Quixus
They're wearing masks, so it cannot be that dumb. I bet there are dumber things you (have to) do (to get into desired positions) in the military.
mondomar
Singing anchors away
BabyEatingPanda
…I think of this place any time I’m really sick. This is the place you go if you need the mucus exercised from your body. A tab will do ya (as you can tell I was super sick when we went and I was so relieved I could just breath again afterwards, also it’s much worse once you get back outside. Why, just why).
redoubtable1
What’s your first general order, private?
I will guard everything within the limits of my post and quit my post only when properly relieved, Drill Sergeaaaaant! *cough cough wheeze*
Ok, you can go.
TheRaccon5738
I remember the first time tryin to shout the infantrymans creed in there while your skin felt like it was slowly catchin on fire. Gettin smoked afterwards with that shit all over you and the sweat would reactivate it lol. Some of the best worst times of my life.
SherMattLockSmith
We had a group of troublemakers, they were all called up at the same time, were asked their sister's social security number.
cluelessatdis3
We had to recite the Warrior’s creed without the mask of course! Nostrils, sweat, eyes… arghhhhhhhhh
OldPenguinDoug
I can hear and smell this room.
-coughs for the next 3 hours-
YippeeKayakOB
khora
Give your uniform the extra touch.
76000BatteryLlamas
Kinda want to go back anytime I have a bad cold
ShoopDeDoop
It smelled horrible.
waronhugs
lol against the walls? I was 2 feet away from the pill. The smoke was hitting me in be face as it was rising.
NomadFeetWanderingToes
Is this the fun trauma bonding I hear you get to participate in?
andrewedf10
along with many other. we are so fucking good at teamwork, it just sucks the best we ever are at it is during war.
VicarDeaconBishop
The only thing I actually managed to say in the ten minutes of suffering following taking my mask off was, "Please don't throw up on me," to the guy behind me.
ICutRocksOnYoutube
CBRN has a funny smell to it.
PSYchr
First time I did this was Basic Training on October 31 no less. Drill SGT yelled at us as we came out, masks off, tears and snot flowing, "Happy Halloween but why y'all dressed as green goblins?"
chadomancer
Fun fact: my mask never sealed, despite repeatedly telling my drill sergeants. On this day, I got tasked with standing by the door and letting each group in, then following the last group. I was breathing that stuff for about an hour straight.
demonmike777
I went through that in basic then had to go to the dentist the same day. I threw up all over their parking lot.
Calicious
We got CS gassed so much in BRC that we got used to the feeling & figured out good techniques to mitigate the pain. Our unit was small, so we would always tag along with another unit for annual gas chamber training. Rule number 1 is to always look cool, so we would fight through the pain and act like it was nothing. There aren't many chances to look cooler than a bunch of Force Recon Marines casually chilling in a gas chamber while a bunch of POGs or grunts fight for their lives.
DSREX
While I only ever did this twice, I feel that life lesson. Get food in the wrong pipe, I have the mental control to not instantly suck it down the rest of the way and exhale it out. I can't imagine the control the Seals have with drown proofing.
Calicious
Drown proofing is my least favorite thing on earth and I've been shot. It never gets easy. You just have to force yourself to almost die over and over for seemingly forever. We always practiced it in a 15ft pool and that extra 6 feet of travel was brutal. God I fucking hate it.
DSREX
Mad respect to those who do this, it is on my fuck that shit list.
coolray
Rest assured there’s a big tree right outside the door for those in a hurry to get out. Or at least there was at Ft Leonard Wood.
Marrok1174
Spent 7 years at lost in the woods. Loved it except that gas chamber and the pt bubble next to it
LokisSenseOfMischief
I was super sick going into that chamber, coming out of that thing I could breath so well. My sinuses were clear for nearly a day and a half after that.
Nauitlus
Tried to sked the chamber when I got sick. Shit was the best cure.....
RevolutionOnHerLips
I was an ammo tech and worked daily with CS gas. You become desensitized to it. I would sometimes lick the powder just to show off in front of the other techs. It was so much fun watching our section just chill while everyone else in the company were throwing up or doing horrible things like pouring water in their eyes. The last time I did this test was outdoors w/a grenade, & I didn't get the stupid mask to seal, so I just breathed slowly enough I wouldn't start coughing lol
RevolutionOnHerLips
I got NBC certified as part of a general's inspection and just learning about the horrible things I could find myself trapped in, I was kind of horrified at the idea of not finding out you have a shitty broken gas mask until it matters the most you have one in working order
gablestout
Hi everyone! I was the guy in the middle, running your chamber!
Yes, I always lied about the number of CS tabs I was burning.
Yes, it was always more.
Yes, I was lying when I said that post-boot camp familiarization exercises in the gas chamber require you to take a breath before exiting the chamber.
No, I have no regerts.
DSREX
We will all see you in hell, you glorious bastard.
onursixx
Ya know, there is a word for people who enjoy watching others suffer
Nengex
Several years ago, I'd have (attempted to) kicked your ass. Nowadays, I think you're funny as hell. First time is terrifying. Every time after that is manageable lol.
HowWasThisUsernameNotTaken
Respectfully sir, you are a bit of a bastard.
duktayp
Be: all that you can be
oaktreenaps
in the AAAAAAAAARMY
FreshwaterViking
RESERVE
iguanodont
Or not to
Chimaira
With the uniform in the picture it would be "Aim high" (Air Force).
SgtPeppersLHCB
Pedantic (and lack of pixels), but I'd say that's the old digi camo for army.
PerfectlyCromulentUsername
Looks like army ACU or possibly ABSGs...but most likely ACU. Looks like a unit patch on the arm of the dude in the middle. AF ABU didn't have those.
Chimaira
Yeah, that's probably right; it does look like a patch rather than rank. That's where our rank used to be.
nemocares
"Aim high"... you're sure that's the air force and not the AAA guys?
Chimaira
I'm dating myself but "Aim High" used to be used in commercials in the late 90's early 00's I think.
BusterWinkmeyer
Where is the Sgt standing around without a mask on?
Treforce
Holding the camera perhaps ?
HedonistBeard
Taking pictures.
paynoattentiontousernames
About one in thousand are immune. One of our Sgt. was immune, so he was the one doing the instructions.
Wolfdens
I read that you can build up tolerance over time as it happened in Northern Island.
rispil
not a sgt but do have the immunity pissed the D.I.'s of something bad
HarperLee
CS never really bothered me, but OC spray is another story
AxelBeingCivil
So I hear, some unlucky bastards get put through it without a mask so they "know what it feels like". Whether that's what's happening here, who knows.
RestlessVagabond
My little brothers both became guards at a medium security prison/mental hospital at the same time, and both had to go through precisely that.
ProphetofEntropy
being exposed to the gas is the point of this training. fit checking/testing the gear can be done with things that just smell and arent an irritant or chemical weapons. thats how we test respirators for people in the oilfield and medical professions.
SpeerNA
The training is to show that the mask works. You can’t know that the mask works without also knowing that the gas it’s protecting you from is unpleasant
lastmanonearthbutidroppedmyglasses
Also to help you stay calm if you’re ever gassed for real.
poscduke
Everyone starts with a mask, you remove the mask to then know the effects of the gas, demonstrating that the mask works. This in theory prevents soldiers from being worried that their mask isn't working when being exposed to more lethal gasses (mustard agents, sarin, etc)
BusterWinkmeyer
We had to take the mask off, say your name, rank, and serial number before they would let you leave. The Sgt in charge of the training room didn't wear a pro mask.
knobcopter
He’s dead now.
DoingItWrongSince1980
My exact experience as well.
Missing from the description: if you speak too quickly, you are detained with further questions until you take several breaths and start to show the impact of the gas. Also, the 5 feet of snot dangling from your nose as you stumbled out of the room, blindly groping around so you didn't run into your buddy.
Nengex
We also had to finish reciting the Soldier's Creed before they'd open the door. But that may be a cycle-by-cycle thing.
LeopardsGoRawr
Hell when I was in the USMC they made us take em off and do exercises until everyone was coughing to ensure we all knew the effects before letting us mask.
DiabloGrandeArts
Former Marine here. Doing jumping jacks until the SSGT felt like it was enough.
ImminentTrout
Yes, yes. We all know what is going on here. Most definitely, I dont need an explanation
marsgoose
The wrath of 1000 onions.
RevolutionOnHerLips
gas mask training in the military. those big square pouches on their thighs hold gas masks. Someone says gas gas gas, everyone rips their pouch open, dons the mask and waits. When it's over, you can see who got their mask properly sealed because they won't be crying, leaking mucus and throwing up like the ones who didn't manage in time
ImminentTrout
Oh, well... crap. Thanks kind soul
Calicious
A bunch of Marines all wearing gas masks while a cloud fills a cement room. Better call Hercule Poirot to solve this mystery.
Snausagebort
Hercules fought monsters, dumbass! Oorah!
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irrational1618
How do you know they are Marines. Maybe they are Army or some other branch of a military?
TheDarkNerd
Huh, when I did basic training for the Canadian military (was not for me), all three branches trained together.