Army Pvt. Waldemar Lopez-Cruz has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina.

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.

Lopez-Cruz is the son of Felipe Hernandez and Sivia Cruz, of Lehigh Acres.

He is a 2014 graduate of East Lee County High School.