Pfc. Gettler graduates basic

Army National Guard Pfc. Benjamin T. Gettler has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

He is the son of Angela Dauben and grandson of Rita Emmerson of South Holbrook, both of Fort Scott.

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.

The private is a 2010 graduate of Frontenac High School.