Army Pfc. Jonathan Schneider

Army Pfc. Jonathan Schneider 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.

Schneider is the son of Joan May of Southeast State Road 121, Morriston, Fla. He is a 2003 graduate of Arlington High School, LaGrangeville, N.Y. He earned an associate degree in 2010 from Santa Fe College, Gainesville, Fla.