Posted on May 22, 2022
Do beards actually break the seal of gas masks?
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After going through the gas chamber in boot camp, I would say "yes". It was a valuable but miserable training experience.
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SGT Glenn E Moody
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. - i agree to my mistake was taking a deep breath just before they made you take it off the DI stood in front of me and said name rakn and number until i had th breath in bad move and dose my mask work am i sure my mask works it was the only they let us have extra chow for lunch in the field and it was ARMY chilly & yes i puked my guts out snot running water just made it just burn wrose they got it on film it made it to my cycle book
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No they don't break the seal as the beard can prevent the seal in the first case. I have seen it with dependents one time when we had a come to work day that included the gas chamber I ran at fort carson in early 80's as a junior officer. All that had facial hair were told the if they went in the chamber there was a high probability the mask would not work and the would experience the CS would give them fully. Of the 15 with facial hair. 10 choose to give it a try. All 10 left the building in a hurry coughing and crying like babies. Now the bears were of various lengths. Of which 3 were nearly trimmed. And personally sweat and smooth rubber provide a great seal.
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I wouldn't want to find out, during an emergency! The ones we had in Basic didn't seal very well to bare skin because they were old and needed replaced.
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