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Murphy Graduates from Army Basic Training

Army Pvt. Kyisha L. Murphy is a 2012 graduate of Douglas County High School, Douglasville.

Army Pvt. Kyisha L. Murphy has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC.

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.

Murphy is the daughter of Lawrence Murphy of Douglasville.

She is a 2012 graduate of Douglas County High School, Douglasville.


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