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.
He is the son of Roger and Janeen Powers of Clearlake Oaks, and brother of Mark Powers of Pacifica.
Powers is a 1992 graduate of Terra Nova High School, Pacifica.
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