Army Pvt. Nicholas A. Newell

Army Pvt. Nicholas A. Newell 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.

Newell is the son of Susan B. and Donald G. Newell Jr. of High Falls, N.Y.

He is a 2012 graduate of Rondout Valley High School, Accord, N.Y.