Army Pvt. Dominique S. Gaines has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier 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.
Gaines' father, Clarence Gaines, and aunt, Josephine Powell, live in Crestview.
He is a 2014 Crestview High School graduate.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Gaines completes U.S. Army basic training