Pvt. Michael M. Bennett

Army National Guard Pvt. Michael M. Bennett has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, Bennett studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values; physical fitness; 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 grandson of Nadine Bennett of Corning and Delsa Quigley of Red Bluff,  Bennett is a 2002 graduate of Red Bluff High School.