Toccoa Native Completes Basic Training

A Toccoa native graduates from Basic Combat Training in the Army.

Army Pvt. Tyrin K. Merritt has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning, Ga.

During the nine-week training period, the Army says 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.

Merritt is the son of Ken and Stephanie Merritt of Toccoa, Ga.

He is a 2013 graduate of Stephens County High School, Toccoa, Ga.