Shorten finishes U.S. Army training

U.S. Army Pvt. Andre L. Shorten has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina.

During the nine weeks of training, Shorten 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.

Shorten is the son of Mercedes Andrews, of Winter Garden. He is a 2014 graduate of West Orange High School.