Army National Guard Pvt. Nathan W. Doody, of N. Wade Road, North Wade, has graduated from the Light-wheeled Vehicle Mechanic Advanced Individual training course at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

The course is designed to train soldiers to perform maintenance, troubleshoot, and repair wheeled vehicles and related mechanical components, which include internal combustion engines and power trains, spark- and compression-ignition engines, wheel-hub assemblies, hydraulic-power brakes, suspension and steering systems. He also learned to operate a wheeled vehicle crane, hoist and winch assembly.

Doody is a graduate of Washburn High School.