FORT JACKSON, S.C. — U.S. Army National Guard Pvt. Mason R. Sohns 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.

Sohns is the son of Dwayne and Rachel Sohns of Winthrop and grandson of Wilda McDaniel of Fayette, Maine.

He graduated in 2015 from Winthrop High School, Winthrop.