Photo by Alexandra Shea | Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office | 09.01.2022
Trainees assigned to 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment become familiar with the Army's M4 rifle platform before qualification. The familiarization is what helped Pvt. Julia Ayala successfully qualify with her weapon and graduate Basic Combat Training with honors at Fort Jackson, S.C. Ayala enlisted to help live a dream her sick broth could not, becoming a Soldier....
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office | 09.01.2022
Trainees assigned to 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, conduct Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear operations as part of their mandatory training to graduate Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. Pvt. Julia Ayala volunteered to become a Soldier and performed this training in honor of her brother who suffers a variety of medical conditions that prevent him from being able......
Photo by Nathan Clinebelle | Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office | 09.01.2022
Lt. Col. Derek Campbell, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment commander, salutes Pvt. Juliet Ayala after presenting her the distinguished honor graduate award during her Basic Combat Training ceremony Sept. 1 at Fort Jackson, S.C. Ayala said she enlisted in the Army because of “my older brother. I am living out his dreams because he is sick.”...
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office | 09.01.2022
The distinguished honor graduates of 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment move forward to be recognized on Hilton Field Sept. 1 at Fort Jackson, S.C. For Pvt. Juliet Ayala, becoming a Soldier was a way she could help her sick brother live his dream of being a Soldier. She graduated with distinction from Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson....
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office | 09.01.2022
Brig. Gen. Jason E. Kelly, Fort Jackson commanding general, speaks with Pvt. Juliet Ayala and her Family after she graduated Basic Combat Training Sept. 1. Ayala enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard to live out her brother’s dream of being a Soldier. Suffering multiple medical conditions, her brother is ineligible to enlist....
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office | 09.01.2022
Col. Byron Williams II and Command Sgt. Maj. William Robinson, Fort Jackson-Army National Guard senior and senior enlisted advisor respectively, present Pvt. Juliet Ayala a personal note of thanks after graduating Basic Combat Training Sept. 1. Ayala enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard for her brother who suffers multiple medical conditions making enlistment in any branch of service......
Photo by Nathan Clinebelle | Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office | 08.31.2022
Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Michaelis, left, and Brig Gen. Jason E. Kelly, right, glance at one another as Michaelis relinquishes his command of the U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson to Kelly. The change of command ceremony was held at Victory Field Aug. 31 and attended by Soldiers, South Carolina and Columbia senior leaders, civilians and their Family members....
Photo by Robert Timmons | Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office | 08.31.2022
Sgt. Jose Ducassa, the 2022 Fort Jackson Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, presents Stephanie Kelly a bouquet of yellow roses during her husbands, Brig. Gen. Jason E. Kelly, change of command ceremony Aug. 31 at Victory Field. Brig. Gen. Kelly assumed the responsibilities of the position as Fort Jackson’s 53rd commanding general during the ceremony....
