Army National Guard Pfc. Thomas N. Raising  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.

Raising is the son of Christina Wendell of Myrtle Point and brother of Colleen Raising of Redondo Beach, Calif.

He is a 1997 graduate of El Segundo High School in California.