Hometown News: Traci Ayala

Army Pfc. Traci Ayala 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.

Ayala graduated in 1988 from Carver High School, Montgomery and received an associate degree in 1998 from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.