Army Pvt. Brenda L. Mello has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, Mello 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 private is a 2009 graduate of Center Grove High School, Greenwood, Ind.

She is the daughter of Robert Mello of Greenwood, Ind., and Diane Rochon of Lewiston.