Lance Cpl. Ryan Reuscher poses for a photo and attempts

Lance Cpl. Ryan Reuscher poses for a photo and attempts a smile 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 felt like somebody constantly clawing at your face,” said Reuscher. 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. Reuscher is a Kansas City, Mo., native and an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Callahan/Released)