Army Pvt. Kimberly A. Johnson, of Windham, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
Johnson, a 2005 graduate of Windham High School, earned distinction as an honor graduate. She is the daughter of Thomas Johnson of Evergreen Lane, and Jacqueline Gallagher of Little Duck Pond Road, both of Windham.
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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