SOUTHEAST Marn is basic combat training grad

Army Pvt. Ernest Marn has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and practice in drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, physical fitness, basic first aid, and Army history, tradition and core values, and special training in human relations.

Marn is the son of Ernest Marn of Ravenna.

The private is a 2001 graduate of Southeast High School.