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Whitlock completes basic training
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Army National Guard Pvt. Cody A. Whitlock 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.

He is the son of Tina Hill of Rincon.

Whitlock is a 2008 graduate of the Youth Challenge Academy Augusta, Fort Gordon.