Bloom completes Marine boot camp

Private James Frederick Blom, 19, of Cheney, Wash., graduated from United States Marine Corps boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on Oct. 25, 2019.

Private Blom successfully completed 13 weeks of intensive basic training at MCRD San Diego as one of 85 recruits in Lima Company Training Platoon 3255. Following 10 days home on leave, he will report to Camp Pendleton for two months at Infantry Training Battalion and then Military Occupation Specialty School before being assigned his first permanent duty station.

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