Granados finishes basic training

DOWNEY - Army Pvt. Kevin M. Granados has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.During the nine weeks of training, Granados 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 Annie Arredondo, of Downey, and Luis Granado, of Montebello. He graduated from Pioneer High School in 2007.

********** Published: Aug. 22, 2013 - Volume 12 - Issue 19