Ed. Note: The following is a news release.

A Santa Clarita Valley man recently graduated from Army Basic Combat Training in Georgia.

Army Pfc. Kirill Lipa has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning, Ga.

During the nine-week training period, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship and bayonet training, chemical warfare, field training and tactical exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, traditions, and core values.

Lipa is the son of Andrey and Victoria Lipa of Newhall, Calif.

He is a 2012 graduate of West Ranch High School, Stevenson Ranch, Calif. He earned an associate degree in 2014 from the College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, Calif.