SERVICEMAN

Army Pfc. Jeffery M. Hofer has graduated from the Fire Support Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

Hofer graduated in 2009 from Waitsburg High School. He is the son of Waitsburg residents Jeffrey T. Hofer and Lynda C. Stokes.

The field artillery specialists serve in intelligence activities including target processing in field artillery, cannon battalions, division artillery, artillery and maneuver brigade and headquarters and fire support elements.

The course is designed to train students to establish, maintain, and operate radio and wire communications and speech security equipment, including encoding and decoding messages.