COLUMBIA, SC – Army Pfc. Garry L. Sparks II 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.

He is the son of Garry Sparks Sr. of Elverta and Donna Sparks of Kelseyville.

The private is a 1998 graduate of El Camino High School in Rohnert Park.