Army Pvt. Lewis Clements has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Clements is the son of Lewis Clements of Mamie Avenue, Rocky Mount, Va., and nephew of Annette Gill of Dunkirk.
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 a 2009 graduate of Franklin County High School, Rocky Mount.
