Army Sgt. Melanie C. Harris 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.

She is the daughter of Capt. Wilmer and Mary L. Baker of Summerdale.

Her brother, John Baker, resides in Spanish Fort.

Harris graduated in 1985 from Fairhope High School and received a master’s degree in 1999 from the University of South Alabama, Mobile.