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Published January 11, 2009 11:09 pm - Military – Pvt. Elijah J. Nells Army Pvt. Elijah J. Nells has graduated from One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consisted of basic military training and advanced individual training (AIT).
During basic training, Nells received instruction in drill and ceremonies, military customs and courtesies, map reading, tactics, basic rifle marksmanship, physical fitness, field training, and first aid skills. Nells developed combat skills and handled various weapons available to the infantry soldier. During AIT, Nells received instruction to serve as an infantryman/mortarman using light and heavy anti-armor weapons, indirect-fire support, and mechanized operations while assigned to a rifle or mortar squad. The training included weapons qualification, tactics, patrolling, navigation, field communications, and combat operations; engagement in infantry combat exercises, battle drills, land mine locating, neutralizing and extracting, and survival operations during a nuclear, biological or chemical attack. Nells, a 2008 graduate of Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah, is the son of Elana Nells of Moodys. 
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