FORT BENNING, Ga. – Army Pvt. Jonathon M. Martinez 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.

Martinez is the son-in-law of Becky A. Marengo of Clearlake, Calif.

He is a 2009 graduate of Lower Lake High School, Lower Lake, Calif.