Jones finishes basic training

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Ashley S. Jones has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Jackson, 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.

Jones is the daughter of Wands Jones of Suwanee. She is a 2004 graduate of Sandy Creek High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in 2010 from Georgia Southern University.