Army National Guard Pvt. Jonathon R. Wilkerson has graduated from basic military training at Fort Sill, Lawton, under the Split-option Enlistment Program to serve as a member of the Army National Guard or Reserve.
The program allows students between their junior and senior year of high school to attend basic training during the summer after their junior year. After completing basic training, the recruits will attend National Guard or Reserve weekend drills while still in school. The summer following graduation, the guardsmen or reservists attend advanced individual training in the career specialty they selected at the time they enlisted.
During basic military training, Wilkerson received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.
Wilkerson, a student at Locust Grove High School, is the son of John and Carla McKinley of Locust Grove and grandson of Johnnie and Valarie Wilson of Okay.
Local News
December 2, 2008
Military news, 12.03.08
Pvt. Jonathon R. Wilkerson
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