Army Pfc. Thomas White has graduated from One Station Unit Training at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consisted of basic military training and advanced individual training.

During basic training, the trainee 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 advanced training, the soldier received instruction to serve as an infantryman/mortar man using light and heavy antiarmor 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.White is the son of Robert White Jr. and Charlene White, both of Jim Thorpe. He is a 2011 graduate of St. Anthony High School, South Huntington, N.Y.