Tear gas training is a rite of passage for Soldiers in Basic Training. The scenario helps the future warfighters practice donning their gas masks, follow emergency procedures, and build resilience. Soldiers and Veterans: Who remembers their first tear gas training? #Army250

We called ours the disco hut at Ft. McClellan. Made the MP's do it twice!

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Why can I taste this video?

I’ll never forget that day😆🇺🇸

My eyes are open and my arms are flapping Drill Sergeant !!!

CS burns into your soul. Can't ever forget that.

Snot hanging out of our noses and everything burned. Good times. I absolutely had faith in my mask that day. Fort Sill, OK 1996.

You learn to respect the mask after they tell ya to take it off while in the test chamber 🙏🫡🇺🇸MAGA

It was in 1982, but it might as well have been yesterday. It’s not something you will ever forget, and you learn to trust your training and your equipment. You also empathize with the protesters who so often get tear gassed and pepper sprayed in the streets.

Best part was doing jumping Jack's. Good times 😂

Could smell it in the grass walking up beforehand LOL 🥺😂