Army Spec. Wender S. Ramos 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 Geralda Silva and brother of Viviane Ramos, both of Oak Bluffs.

He graduated in 1999 from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, and received a bachelor’s degree in 2006 from Bridgewater State College.