Army\u00a0Spc.\u00a0Erik\u00a0W.\u00a0Gorman\u00a0has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Gorman is the son of Mark Gorman and Toni Gorman,\u00a0both\u00a0of Anchorage, Alaska, and grandson of Eugene Gorman of Owego, N.Y.<\/p>\n
He is a 2008 graduate of Robert Service High School, Anchorage, Alaska. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 2013 from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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