U.S. Army National Guard Pfc. Jauquante L. Hare

U.S. Army National Guard Pfc. Jauquante L. Hare has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Jackson, 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.

Hare is the son of Judith Singleton of Newark, N.J., grandson of Darvil Laurino of Beacon, N.Y., and the nephew of Lisa Atily of Lodi, N.J.

He is a 2010 graduate of Beacon Hill High School, Beacon, N.Y.