Army Pvt. David K. Beard has graduated from the Field Artillery Firefinder Radar Operator Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

The course enabled him to establish and maintain radio and wire communications, operate and maintain firefinder radars and construct bunkers and fortifications.

A 2009 graduate of Warren Central High School, he is the son of Donald G. Beard of Vicksburg.