Farrar completes Army training

    Army Pvt. Andrew T. Farrar has graduated from One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consisted of basic military training and advanced individual training (AIT).
     During basic training, Farrar received instruction in drill and ceremonies, military customs and courtesies, map reading, tactics, basic rifle marksmanship, physical fitness, field training, and first aid skills.  The recruit developed combat skills and handled various weapons available to the infantry soldier.
    During AIT, the soldier received instruction to serve as an infantryman/mortarman using light and heavy anti-armor weapons, indirect-fire support, and mechanized operations while assigned to a rifle or mortar squad.  The training included weapons qualification, tactics, patrolling, navigation, field communications, and combat operations; engagement in infantry combat exercises, battle drills, land mine locating, neutralizing and extracting, and survival operations during a nuclear, biological or chemical attack.
    Farrar is the son of Carol Farrar of Main St., Lewiston, Maine, and grandson of Vernon McLaughlin of Dyer Brook Road, Dyer Brook, Maine.
    The private is a 2007 graduate of Chop Point School, Woolwich.