Thompson Graduates Basic

Army National Guard Pfc. Terry M. Thompson Jr. 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.

Thompson is the son of Terry and Gloria Thompson of Seventh St., Mexico Beach, Fla.

His grandmother, Cipriana Cordova, resides on Rimrock Road, Barstow, Calif.

The private is a 2007 graduate of Port St. Joe High School.