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U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, execute different movements to test the seal on the M40 gas mask in the confidence chamber on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 25, 2023. The chamber is filled with chlorobenzalmalononitrile, a form of tear gas, to instill confidence in recruits’ skills and their gear in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler W. Abbott)

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1 day ago U.S. service members receive the COVID-19 vaccine aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on Jan 29, 2021. (Cpl. Leilani Cervantes/Marine Corps) Nearly 40 percent of Marines who were offered the COVID-19 vaccine by the Defense Department have turned it down. The numbers were first reported by CNN on Saturday. As of April 8, roughly 75,500 Marines, both active duty and reserves, have received at least a partial dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Marine Corps, according to Capt. Andrew Wood, a spokesman for Headquarters Marine Corps. The Corps has roughly 102,000 Marines who...