In The Service - Brenton Tracy

LABELLE, FL. -- Army National Guard Pvt. Brenton R. Tracy has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.

Tracy is the son of Robert L. and Lori B. Gielow of W. Palomar Circle, La Belle, Fla. The private is a 2006 graduate of La Belle High School.