Army Pvt. Timothy M. Silvia has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.

He is the son of T.M. Silvia of Edgartown Road in Vineyard Haven.

Pvt. Silvia graduated in 2002 from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School in Oak Bluffs, and received an associate degree in 2005 from the New England Institute of Art in Brookline.