these army infantry recruits are being exposed to CS gas more commonly known as tear gas experienced its effects and to learn how to properly use a gas mask here at the maneuver center of excellence inside the Fort Benning military base near Columbus Georgia this so-called gas chamber is used to train recruits in CBRN defense which stands for chemical biological radiological and nuclear it's a part of basic combat training that these recruits are lucky enough to get out of the way early this particular group of recruits was in week one of training recruits where this m50 Pro mask which can protect soldiers from lethal chemicals this is the end of the gas maps right here this is the newer version this is much lighter better you have your drinking tube so you're gonna put this into your canteen there's a smoked visor for flashbangs so it will pretty much prevent you from being blinded with a flashbang on the back and the inside you have hair cover the old m48 gas mask didn't have this female soldiers they can keep all their hair and let's contain recruits are expected to correctly put on and clear the mask in eight seconds we asked the sergeant to have one of the recruits demonstrate the proper way to dawn and clear the gas mask right hand you're gonna pull out the pro mask you're gonna put the pro mask on your face your left hand you're gonna pull that tab over your head we're gonna tighten those two back straps grab both canisters and suck in and then blow out in the middle we were not allowed to film inside the gas chamber but fort benning provided this footage of a different group of infantry recruits to show what it's really like inside the instructor burned CS tablets which creates the gas the recruits do some light exercises like rolling their heads in a circular motion and running in place then they break the seals of their masks raising them to the bridge of the nose they're gonna break this deal easier they sign up for their last name and their sole security number and they're gonna reseal their pro map then comes the hard part they're instructed to remove their helmet then they fully remove their masks but their masks off the recruits must fully recite the soldier's creed after about five minutes the recruits run out of the gas chamber they're told to flap their arms like birds the flapping is intended to remove excess gas from their uniforms effects of exposure can include intense burning in the eyes throat and on the skin and profuse discharge of mucous according to a drill sergeant the effects start to subside after about four minutes oh yeah the first time it's gonna hit them pretty hard they're kind of gonna lose their bearing a little bit because your body naturally goes into survival mode so that's exactly what CS is for so this is just a little bit getting the confidence up with this training they'll be effective under pressure in chaos
