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Douglasville Pvt. Graduates from Basic Training

Army Pvt. Donovan J. Cox has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Army Pvt. Donovan J. Cox 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.

Cox is the son of Bob Kohler of Anderson Mill Road, Austell.

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He is a 2012 graduate of South Paulding High School, Douglasville.


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