Onaga Guardsman Graduates From Basic Training
10/26/2015

Army National Guard Spc. David L. Marten II 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.

Marten is the son of Catherine R. and David L. Marten of Onaga, Kan.

He is a 1999 graduate of Onaga High School, Onaga, Kan. He earned a bachelor's degree in 2003 from Emporia State University, Emporia, Kan.


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