Vermette completes basic training

Army Spc. Trevor H. Vermette 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.

The son of Elizabeth H. Vermette of Clover, S.C., and Steven M. Vermette of Harrisburg, N.C., Vermette graduated in 2008 from Central Cabarrus High School, Concord, and earned a bachelor’s degree in 2013 from Catawba College.