FORT SILL, Okla. – Army Pfc. Joshua B. Salazar has graduated from the Fire Support Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.  

The field artillery specialists serve in intelligence activities including target processing in field artillery, cannon battalions, division artillery, artillery and maneuver brigade, and headquarters and fire support elements.

The course is designed to train students to establish, maintain, and operate radio and wire communications and speech security equipment, including encoding and decoding messages.  

They also must prepare and maintain daily staff journals, fire support situation maps, charts and other fire support and target processing procedures, records and documents.

In addition, students assist in initiating requests for field artillery, mortar, naval gunfire, and aerial delivered munitions, and emplace, maintain, and assist in the operation of laser range finders, target designation and night observation devices.

Salazar is the son of Lori Salazar of Salinas, Calif., and brother of Rachel Salazar of Santa Rosa, Calif.

He is a 2008 graduate of Lower Lake High School in Lower Lake, Calif.

He earned an associate degree in 2012 from Santa Rosa Junior College.