U.S. Army Pvt. Brittany S. Jones has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
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.
Jones is the wife of Rhyeem O. Jones and mother of Karter A. Jones. She is the daughter of Leisa A. Silas of Greenwood.
The private graduated in 2012 from the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science in Columbus.
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