Army Pvt. Albert S. Kissinger
Army Pvt. Albert S. Kissinger 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.
Kissinger is the son of Albert E. Kissinger of Brookeland, Texas, and son-in-law of Keith Roden of Vidor.

Army Pvt. Erica A. January
Army Pvt. Erica A. January 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.
January is the daughter of Alysia Y. January and Eric O. Beloney of Lake Charles, La., and the step-daughter of Latrell Guillory-Beloney.
She is a 2014 graduate of Parkview Baptist High School, Suphur, La.