Middleton graduates from basic combat training at Fort Jackson

Army Reserve Pvt. Ashley L. Middleton 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.

Middleton is the daughter of Christy L. Johnson of Murphy, N.C., and Rodney M. Middleton of Inman, S.C., and step-daughter of Richard J. Johnson of Murphy, N.C.

She graduated in 2015 from Paul M. Dorman High School, Roebuck, S.C.