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Fort Jackson, S. C., January 17Recruit Robert E. Atkin-, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Atkins, Sperryville, Va., is presently as< signed to Company A, 2nd BattaH ion, 1st Training Regiment of the U. S. Army Training Center, Infantry, at Fort Jackson, S. C. where he is undergoing eight weeks of Basic Combat Training. He will be taught rifle marksmanship under the U. S. Army’s Tnrinfire program which enables the modern soldier to become a better rifleman in less time than previous methods. In this program, most of his training will consist of firing his rifle at pop-up targets at unknown distances op terrain which duplicates combat areas. Other highlights of his intensive training include squad tactics, bay• onet and hand-to-hand combat, and crawling the infiltration course while machine gun fire is popping overhead. Many of his instructors are combat veterans of World War II and the Korean War.
During his seventh week of training, he will Hve in the field under conditions similar to those in^the forward areas of a battle zotte- He moves over rough terrain op foot and in tactical vehicles and participates in numerous combat situations of a realistic nature. He learns the practical applications of the skills and knowledge gained in all previous instruction.
As a climax to this first phase of training, he will march with his battalion in a review before the commanding, general of Fort Jackson. This ceremony is witnessed by relatives and friends of the trainees who attend the “open house” held by each company on graduation day.
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Miss Virginia Settle tfcas in Winchester Thursday to visit Larry Nethers at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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