FORT BENNING, Ga. — Army Pvt. Alexander W. Clark recently graduated from Basic Combat Training, according to a Read Media news release.

During the nine-week training period, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship and bayonet training, chemical warfare, field training and tactical exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, traditions and core values.

Clark is the son of David C. Clark, of Weston, Fla., and Johanna H. Boucher, of Augusta.