Hometown News: ARMY PFC. ROBERT S. ROQUE
Army Pfc. Robert S. Roque has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
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.
Roque is the son of Ronaldo Roque of American Samoa.
He is a 2008 graduate of Leone High School.
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