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 Army Pvt. Michael G. Cate 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
as physical fitness.
     He also 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.
     The son of Brant Cate of Ridgecrest and Denise Chase of Tehachapi, the private is a 2009 graduate of
Monroe High School, Tehachapi.
Cate completes basic combat training
July 28, 2010