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July 28, 2012

Serving our country 7.28.12

ORANGE — Army National Guard Spec. James H. Ray 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.

Ray is a 2003 graduate of Sulphur High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in 2009 from McNeese State University, Lake Charles.

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