Army Pvt. Luis A. Barrientos Jr. has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, Barrientos 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.
Barrientos is the son of Evangelina Barrientos and Luis Barrientos, both of Defiance, Ohio. He is a 2012 graduate of Defiance Senior High School.