Kelly graduate completes basic training

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Army Pfc. Todd A. Williams has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, Williams 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. Williams is a 2004 graduate of Kelly High School in Benton, Mo.

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