Army Reserve Spec. Crystal S. Williams 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.

Williams is the daughter of Earlene Williams of Pit Road, Phippsburg, and grandson of Marvin Barker of Shaw’s Mill Road, Standish, Maine.

The soldier graduated in 2001 from Morse High School, Bath, Maine, and received a bachelor’s degree in 2005 from West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon.