Army Spec. Penny Beesley has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in 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.

Beesley received a bachelor’s degree in 2004 from Kansas University. She is the daughter of Karl and Barb Beesley, Linwood, and Pam Stegner, Collins, Mo.