Army Pfc. Jessup R. White 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.
White is the son of Dezaree D. Harding of Holton, Kan. and Raymond E. White of Topeka, Kan., and step-son of Paul M. Harding of Holton, Kan.
He is a 2013 graduate of Holton High School, Holton, Kan.
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