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INDIAN HEAD,Md--Corporal Shane P. Czesak (left), a Crystal Lake, Ill., native reenlists during an inverted repel off a 24-foot platform at the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) January 6. Czesak, a member of the unit's Rescue platoon committed himself to four more years of active duty service in the crash fire rescue Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) because he wanted to "experience more of the Marine Corps." "I did the repel inverted for my Marines and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Hilliard who joined the unit a few months ago," Czesak said. "I want everyone to know what Rescue platoon is all about." "Rescue platoon is one of the most strenuous jobs to master at this unit," said Czesak. "We push ourselves beyond the limits and sometimes train for 72 hours non-stop with minimal sleep. We make the training as extreme as possible so that it resembles a real-world scenario," Czesak continued. "When something happens we want the world to call on CBIRF."

060106-M-0000A-002.jpg Photo By: Sgt. Christopher D. Reed

Jan 6, 2006

INDIAN HEAD,Md--Corporal Shane P. Czesak (left), a Crystal Lake, Ill., native reenlists during an inverted repel off a 24-foot platform at the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) January 6. Czesak, a member of the unit's Rescue platoon committed himself to four more years of active duty service in the crash fire rescue Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) because he wanted to "experience more of the Marine Corps." "I did the repel inverted for my Marines and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Hilliard who joined the unit a few months ago," Czesak said. "I want everyone to know what Rescue platoon is all about." "Rescue platoon is one of the most strenuous jobs to master at this unit," said Czesak. "We push ourselves beyond the limits and sometimes train for 72 hours non-stop with minimal sleep. We make the training as extreme as possible so that it resembles a real-world scenario," Czesak continued. "When something happens we want the world to call on CBIRF."

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