Army Pvt. Kaleisha M. Davidson

Army Pvt. Kaleisha M. Davidson 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.

Davidson is the daughter of Ladonna Hamer of Serotina Lane, Knightdale, N.C., and Christopher Davidson of Aristotle Drive, Maybrook, N.Y. She is also the granddaughter of Vivian Cole of Ridgeway Drive, Fort Smith, Ark.

She is a 2007 graduate of Northside High School, Fort Smith, Ark.