Army Pvt. Ryan D. Thompson has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.
Thompson is the son of Wayne and Sherry Rouse of Pine Bluff and a 2014 graduate of Dollarway High School.
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 and other training.