Army Active Spc. Daniel Piturro

Army Active Spc. Daniel Piturro 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.

Piturro is the son of Frank Piturro of Yonkers, N.Y., and Kristin Slider of Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.

He is a 2007 graduate of Saunders High School, Yonkers, N.Y. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 2013 from Lynn University, Boca Raton, Fla.