Army Pfc. Michael S. Evertsen 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 Mark Evertsen of Forest City. Evertsen graduated in 2006 from St. Rose Academy, Mayfield, and received an associate degree in 2009 from Central Arizona College, Coolidge, Ariz.