Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, June 11, 2009
IN SERVICE Gorman finishes basic training
Army Pvt. Donald G. GORMAN III has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness,
and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill
and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military
courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises. GORMAN is a 2007
graduate of Mount Ayr Community high school.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2012
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