Army Pvt. Douglas M. McPherson has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning, Ga. During the nine-week training period, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship and bayonet training, chemical warfare, field training and tactical exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, traditions, and core values.
McPherson is the son of Cheri L. Ferro of Endicott, N.Y.
He is a 2011 graduate of Owego Free Academy, Owego, N.Y.
