Army Pvt. Julie B. Tavis has graduated from the multichannel transmission systems operator-maintainer course at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Ga.

The 12-week course is designed to train enlisted soldiers in the installation, operation and unit maintenance of line-of-sight multichannel radio relay and multiplexing equipment used in telephone and telegraph communications systems. The students also receive instruction in electronic countermeasures, signal operating instructions, radio and multiplexing equipment, antennas and power generation equipment.

Tavis, a 1998 graduate of Johnson County Community College, is the daughter of Pamela Wurtz, Eudora.