Warren High grad finishes basic training

DOWNEY - Army Pvt. Andrew Orozco, a 2008 graduate of Warren High School, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C.During the nine weeks of training, Orozco 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. He is the son of Downey resident Margarita Orozco.

********** Published: June 27, 2013 - Volume 12 - Issue 11