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Army National Guard Pfc. Matthew S. Smith

By Staff | Dec 13, 2008

Army National Guard Pfc. Matthew S. Smith 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 Jimmy E. Smith of Cape Coral, and grandson of Mary E. Brent of Coolidge, Ga.

Smith is a 2004 graduate of Dunbar High School, Fort Myers.