SHAW

Army National Guard Pvt. Joshua L. Shaw has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Knox, Ky.

During the nine-week training period, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship and bayonet training, chemical warfare, field training and tactical exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, traditions and core values.

He is the son of David and Tina Shaw of Somonauk and is a 2008 graduate of Somonauk High School.