COLUMBIA, SC – Army Pvt. Wayne E. Kahill 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.
He is the son of Chuck and Linda Kahill of Redwood Valley. His uncle and aunt, Tim and Delina Hill, reside in Lakeport.
Kahill is a 2004 graduate of South Valley High School in Ukiah.