Army National Guard Pvt. Jeffrey F. Vlk 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.

Vlk is the son of Doreen Vlk of Holland, Mass., and brother of Trena Vlk of Rumford Point. He is a 2004 graduate of Tantasqua Regional High School, Sturbridge, Mass.