Army National Guard Pvt. Keegan A. Hornstra has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Hornstra is the son of Cameron and Kim Lorrain of Natures Way, Naples. He is a 2004 graduate of Lake Region High School, Naples.

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.

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