Stephens graduates from training

Commonwealth Journal

October 10, 2008 08:08 am

— Army Pvt. Shawn E. Stephens has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
Stephens is the son of Dennis Stephens of Slate Branch Road, Somerset.
The private is a 2005 graduate of Southwestern Pulaski High School.
During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.