Davis graduates U.S. Army basic training

Published 2:06 pm Monday, August 25, 2014

Army Pvt. Steven Davis has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in 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.

Davis is the son of Tracy Davis of Atlanta, Ga., step-son of Fred Brooks of Pensacola, Fla., and grandson of Florence Davis of Dixons Mills.

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He is a 2009 graduate of Washington High School in Pensacola, Fla.