Gilmore completes basic training
Tue, 06/13/2023 - 1:17pm
Pfc. Elyas C. Gilmore, a 2022 Patterson High grad, completed 9½ weeks of U.S. Army basic training May 18.
He is the son of Dennis and Katy Gilmore and grandson of Dennis Sr. and Joan Gilmore, and Walter “Rusty” Mays and Donna Mays.
Gilmore’s basic training was at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He is now attending advanced individual training at Fort Gregg-Adams (formerly Fort Lee), Virginia.
He will receive 14½ weeks of intensive training to become a wheeled vehicle mechanic.