IN THE SERVICE

U.S. Army Spc. Saheed A. Abimbola has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Jackson, S.C.

During nine weeks of training, Abimbola 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.

Abimbola is the ward of Tadfeek Adeyemo of Sayreville.

He graduated in 2003 from Odofa Private Secondary School, Agbara, Nigeria, and earned a bachelor’s degree in 2013 from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.