Lance Cpl. Isidro Johnsonsmith winces in pain and attempts to pose for a photo after being sprayed in the face with oleoresin capsicum, or OC spray, and running through a confidence course March 6 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa. “It’s like an intense burning sensation,” he said. He and other Marines temporarily assigned to the security augment force on Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan, were introduced to the visceral sensation of the irritant to understand its effects and how to operate if they were exposed while spraying an assailant. Johns
Lance Cpl. Isidro Johnsonsmith winces in pain and attempts to pose for a photo after being sprayed in the face with oleoresin capsicum, or OC spray, and running through a confidence course March 6 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa. “It’s like an intense burning sensation,” he said. He and other Marines temporarily assigned to the security augment force on Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan, were introduced to the visceral sensation of the irritant to understand its effects and how to operate if they were exposed while spraying an assailant. Johnsonsmith is a San Francisco, Calif., native and an aircraft mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Callahan/Released) The pain is brutal for these Marines 150306-M-IN448-068
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