U.S. Army National Guard Pfc. Marc C. McGoey Jr.

U.S. Army National Guard Pfc. Marc C. McGoey Jr. 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.

McGoey is the son of Donna McGoey and Mark McGoey Sr. of Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

He graduated n 2011 from Roy C. Ketcham High School, Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and earned an associate degree in 2013 from Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.