Published March 11. 2015 04:00PM
Army Private First Class Marie C Schwartz has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values 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.Schwartz is the daughter of Matthew and Mary Schwartz of Jim Thorpe.She is a 2011 graduate of a homeschool program administered by her parents, and a 2013 honor graduate from Lehigh Carbon Community College, majoring in business.