Completes basic training

Army Pvt. Keith W. Howard has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

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.

He graduated in 2003 from Delphi Community High School and received an associate degree in 2005 from Lincoln Technical Institute, Indianapolis. He is the son of Brenda Howard of rural Monticello.