Army Pvt. Simone Swartzentruber has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Swartzentruber is a 2002 graduate of Windham High School. She is the daughter of Lani Kelly of Town Farm Road in Windham.

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.