Army National Guard Pvt. Dylan T. Connors 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.
Connors is the son of Donna Crisanti of Gowanda, and the nephew of Rita Schank of Forestville. He is a 2010 graduate of Pine Valley Central High School, South Dayton.
