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For immediate release.
Army Pvt. Michael L. Ross 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. He is the grandson of Bishop Barrett of Sycamore Creek Road, Fort Worth, Texas. The private is a 2007 graduate of South Hills High School, Fort Worth.