Army Reserve Pvt. Michael C. Jones 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.
Jones is the son of Patti King and stepson of Ed Haskins, both of Kansas City, Kan.
He is a 2011 graduate of Shawnee Mission West High School, Overland Park.