1st SOLRS Airmen test gas mask for leaks

Airman 1st Class Maxwell Dean, a material management apprentice with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, removes the outlet valve cover of a gas mask before sanitization at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. The valve must be removed for sanitization to ensure all internal components of the mask are properly cleaned. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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1st SOLRS Airmen test gas mask for leaks

Airman 1st Class Maxwell Dean, a material management apprentice with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, dunks a gas mask into a sanitation bin at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. Gas mask are required to be sanitized after being reissued to the 1st SOLRS before being issued to the public. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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Airman 1st Class Maxwell Dean, a material management apprentice with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, rinses off a gas mask after sanitization at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. Gas mask are sanitized in a chlorine solution and then rinsed with water to ensure they are properly cleaned before reissue. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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Airman 1st Class Maxwell Dean, a material management apprentice with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, places a gas mask on a drying rack at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. Gas masks are left to dry overnight before being tested for leaks and blockage the next day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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Airman 1st Class Maxwell Dean, a material management apprentice with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, oversees a gas mask seal test at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. A Joint Service Mask Leakage tester monitors aerosol vapor under a gas mask shroud to check masks for leaks and blocks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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Airman 1st Class Maxwell Dean, a material management apprentice with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, writes on a serviceable tag at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. A serviceable tag is a record attached to a gas mask that informs material managers the date a mask was last tested. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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Airman 1st Class Maxwell Dean, a material management apprentice with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, puts on safety gear before sanitizing gas masks at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. Materiel managers are responsible for the accounting, administering and operating equipment and supplies that are issued to Airmen around the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrea Posey)

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1st SOLRS Airmen test gas mask for leaks

Published July 8, 2016
By Senior Airman Andrea Posey
1st Special Operations Wing Public Affairs

HURLBURT FIELD. Fla., -- Airman 1st Class Maxwell Dean, a material management apprentice with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, removes the outlet valve cover of a gas mask before sanitization at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. The valve must be removed for sanitization to ensure all internal components of the mask are properly cleaned. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Andrea Posey)