Millitary Report: Army Pvt. Ervin N. Martinez

Army Pvt. Ervin N. Martinez has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

He is the son of Nick Martinez of E. Robinson Street, Carson City and graduated in 2010 from Incline High School, Incline Village.

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.