Cody Papula Completes U.S. Army Basic Training

Army Pvt. Cody J. Papula has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in 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, first aid and field training exercises.

Papula is the son of Toni Papula. He is a 2015 graduate of Seminole Ridge High School.