Military

Army Reserve Pvt. Roy D. Turner 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.
Turner earned distinction as an honor graduate.
He is the son of Wanda Turner of Stoutsville, and brother of Robert Turner of  St. Charles.
The private is a 1989 graduate of Fort Zumwalt High School, O’Fallon.