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Pvt. Nicole L. Darling

COLUMBIA, SC — Army National Guard Pvt. Nicole L. Darling 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.

Darling is the daughter of Lee Darling of Buckfield and Rod Darling of Hartford. She is a 2010 graduate of Buckfield Senior High School.