Army Pvts. Nathaniel A. Castonguay and Skyler C. Cox have graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C.
For nine weeks, soldiers studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, and physical fitness. They 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.
Castonguay, the son of Alma and James Castonguay of Baker, is a 2013 Baker School graduate.
Cox, the son of Mandy and Shawn Odor of Laurel Hill, and grandson of Lonnie Bryant of Crestview, is a 2014 Laurel Hill School graduate.
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