Army Pvt. Ximena N. Castillo has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C., the Defense Department announced today.
She is the daughter of Silvia Caceres of Lloyd Lane, Huntington.
During the nine weeks of training, according to the department, "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."