Gas Chamber Lately??

Question

Just curious for funny stories about the allegedly awfull NBC (gas) chamber at basic. I didnt think it was all THAT bad, terrible as may be, it was fun!!

Jeeez. Yeah Im sure it was harder for a marine in the sixties, than it is now for and Army soldier.

I know wht ya all mean! I had a head cold when I went in, I had a trail of slimy snot all down my shirt. And I also got pissed off when ppl wouldnt take their mask off!! I was the last in my group, and instead of saying the soldiers creed, it was more like "wahhhhhhhh" but, the Drill sergeants do enjoy a good war cry!!

Answer 1

Well they may have made it easier today but when I had to pass the test (1968) it was no fun at all.
I knew something was wrong from the get go. They would toss a gas grenade under the bleachers while we were being instruted on what to expect. As we donned our gas masks and cleared them, we watched the smoke head our way, I didn't last 2 seconds, I had to jump off the bleachers and run gagging.
The instructors came over to me and said I had not properly put the mask on and that was why I suffered. OK, I thought, my bad!
When time came to enter the gas chamber. I no sooner entered when the gas hit me, I knew I had to get out and even though they had a DI posted at the exit door, I hit him so hard it knocked him down and I was out the back door coughing and puking again.
After gaining my breath, I was jumped on by every instructor around there. They yelled, cursed and called me every name in the book and said I would have to go in again. I told them I thought the gas filter was defective because I know I had put it on the right way. One smart *** instructor grabbed my mask and took off the filter and put it on his mask and stated "watch me *******, this is how it's done"!
We all watched him enter the chamber, after about 5 seconds he came screaming out the back door coughing, puking and gagging.
Seems I was correct, the filter was defective and I felt relieved up untill the moment when they informed me that I would have to go in again only with a new filter.
Well the second time was a lot easier, I got to stick around for the part where we all removed the masks and marched around singing the Marine Corps Hymn anxiously awaiting the moment when we could all run out the back door.

Answer 2

Well I had a sinuses infection the entire time I was at basic so I already had a cross between a stuffed up nose and a runny nose. I was the last person in our group, and sniffling in my mask because I couldnt breathe (everyone thought I didnt have a good seal.. I just couldnt breathe because of the infection). When i whipped off my mask and took a breath of the gas, my nose was definately opened up. :) I think that was the best that I felt at basic was right after I left the gas chamber and the fresh air hit me, it was probably the only time I could actually breathe while I was there. Also, I remember my ex-husband who I had a video of, tossing his cookies everywhere after he came out when he was at basic while we were still married , and then a few years later when I went through I didnt throw up made me feel ALOT better about myself :)

Answer 3

I was fortunate, I'd done the damn thing twice in HS, (Had gone to the Navy bootcamp in S.D. as part of NJROTC) so that when I was there for-real I already knew how to put the damn thing on, and what to do and NOT do in the gas chamber. They had us in there in formation, and after they were sure everyone had a good seal (It was easy to tell) they had us remove the ND Mk5 mask and see what the gas was like. They had us recite general orders at full scream. Knowing full-well that doing-so would aggrivate the effects of the gas, I lip-synched as everyone else yelled. Still felt the effects of the gas, but nowhere near as bad. This was in 1975. Since all the bootcamp gas-chamber is for is to instill the importance of properly and quickly donning, and that it WILL work when properly worn, I felt no guilt for lessening my own symptoms.

Answer 4

Looking back it wasn't THAT bad... but at the time I thought I would die.

We went in groups of like 8 or 10... my group had to sing "The Eensy Weensy Spider" and I got to the part about climbing up the water spout - somehow forgot that I was in a chamber full of CS, took a deep breath and I was screwed. I gagged and almost barfed, choking out the words, "F-ing SPIDER, cough cough, F-ING SPIDER" thinking "jeez, I'm going to die in here..."

Coming out of that chamber was the best feeling in the world - even with snot running down my face and drool and spit... yuk.

And to top it all off, I'm CBRN - the cool thing is, though, that I get to RUN the gas chamber with a mask on these days... never need to directly breathe that crap in again, but I get to make everybody else do it.

Sorry guys! :)

Answer 5

Man it was something i remember before we went in the drill sergeants opened the door and begin filling the room with gas we could smell it from outside my eyes watered immediately then they told us to put on our gas masks and go in once we where in we where told to take a deep breath and take off the mask then i was told to say my last name, first name, rank, platoon name and number drill sergeants name, and the last four of my social security number.I got through all of that then my drill Sergeant said to say the soldiers creed i got to I'm an American Soldier and i stupidly took a deep breath the gas filled me and i began to cough soon after i kept coughing and tried to continue the soldiers creed but it wasn't happening my drill Sergeant started yelling at me to put my mask back on and i did then he said to leave the gas chamber and take off my mask before i got outside i took off the mask i couldn't see my eyes where shut i was tearing the the snot was dripping down to my toes it was nuts the worst part of all there was a crew with cameras waiting as we exited the chamber recording then we we where by the drill sergeants to run around chili mac road 3 times flapping our arms like a chicken we did that as well a couple of soldiers puked on the road it was an experience to never forget i went in with a cold i didn't come out with it that's for sure. ( the reasons why the road was called chili mac road is because the drill seargants feed all the soldiers chili mac MRE's and through out the years soldiers have puked after they went through the gas chamber on the tiny path that's why it was given the name chili mac road

Answer 6

The gas chamber is great clears out the sinuses that is for sure. We had someone video tape ours too. I remember it seemed like the DI guarding the door was the biggest meanest person I have ever seen and he held all of us back till we calmed down.

Answer 7

If you join to become a chemical operation specialist its bad the gassed us twice a day when we started our MOS training. When it started most of us did not have our masks on us, after the 1st few days everyone carried the pro-mask, when we were doing our FTX some of us would sleep with our masks on because they would hit us in he middle of the night and they did not want to wake up coking.

Answer 8

My mask actually didn't seal (they didn't teach me how to wear it properly until end of cycle testing.) So, I was standing in there breathing in CS gas for a good ten minutes. Yeah, it sucked, but I wasn't going to the end of the line. I did get really pissed off as the sissies who wouldn't remove their masks so we could leave.

Answer 9

It sucked when they opened the doors and the fresh air hit you, but wasn't so bad. They had some civilian guy video tape us as we exited. It's some pretty funny footage. The expressions are priceless.

Answer 10

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